A lone sea gull flew across the sky.

一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。

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The sense of an extraterrestrial experience is heightened by a line of yellow lights twinkling on the horizon, like a lone settlement on a hostile planet.

地平线上有黄色的光线在闪烁加深了在外星上的感觉，就像是一个充满敌意的星球上的一个孤独的定居点。

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Throw in a Falcons loss in their lone Super Bowl appearance (1999) and a pair of losses by the NBA Hawks in the Eastern Conference finals, and Atlanta rides neck-and-neck with Seattle on the disappointment meter.

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Their lone visit to the Big Ten tournament final (2010) brought a 90-61 loss to Ohio State.

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