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Meanings of sole survivor in English

Only survivor of a deadly incident.

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        Examples for "lone survivor"
        Examples for "lone survivor"
        1
        The lone survivor in this year's contest is the newcomer: Google Chrome.
        Wired
        2
        An over-emotive Spiritualist medium, and the lone survivor of the 1940 debacle?
        Hell House
        3
        Shortly, two senior detectives appeared and began to question the family's lone survivor.
        In Cold Blood
        4
        Alas, the Aquapolis is the lone survivor of the great Republic.
        James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
        5
        One lone survivor had been taken into federal custody and sent to Boston.
        The soul catcher
        1
        Not a single survivor is known-theyall die in raving insanity.
        This World Must Die!
        2
        As I write this, not a single survivor or body has been found.
        The Guardian
        3
        Not a single survivor has been pulled from the site.
        Reuters
        4
        Was I then the single survivor of those thirty souls?
        Dead Men Tell No Tales
        5
        They found a single survivor of the thirteen men who tried to destroy us and the Nadia.
        Empire Builders
        Usage of sole survivor in English
        1
        The Dundrum shop, the sole survivor, has been open almost 50 years.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The one remaining hope for the sole survivor was in Hua-hu Tiao.
        Myths and Legends of China
        3
        The eldest, Hercules d'Asterac, is the sole survivor of the three brothers.
        The Queen Pedauque
        4
        With their friend, Jenson, our Reverend Godless, to be the sole survivor.
        Haunted: a novel of stories
        5
        The sole survivor of Hadley Colony awaited her with a solemn stare.
        The Complete Alien Omnibus
        6
        The sole survivor of the horror smash admitted to the coronial… Audio
        Radio NZ
        7
        I, the least worthy, remained the sole survivor in the lists.
        Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women
        8
        Juan Guiterez was the name of the sole survivor of the first expedition.
        The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Islands
        9
        Roland remains the sole survivor of the host, and he hurt unto death.
        Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 06 (of 15), French
        10
        Being the sole survivor might not turn out to be the greatest blessing.
        Desperate cargo
        11
        I am the sole survivor, O monarch, of that vast force.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
        12
        He, with one Finn, had been the sole survivor of such a company.
        Lost Face
        13
        He was the sole survivor, and you can't blame him for being mad.
        South Sea Tales
        14
        The sole survivor was Emma Lane, Tyler's mother and Joe's widow.
        The panic zone
        15
        The submarine returned, bringing the sole survivor of the wreck of the African transport.
        Romance Island
        16
        I was the sole survivor of the ill-fated Anna Pink.
        The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens
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