He said he knew he could no longer care for his creations if they stayed at home with him, but he felt lonely without them.

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Last year, charity WRVS warned more than 360, 000 older people felt lonely because their children were too far away and "too busy to see them".

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"He might have felt lonely by himself, " Tan explains.

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"He told me he always felt very lonely and busking was his way of helping him feel less so, " she said.

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Yet when Diana and the girls had gone on their vacation and I was able to reclaim my pallet in the garage attic, I felt despicably lonely.

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"Simply put, I felt very lonely, " Bergwall told AP.

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Meanwhile, Esperance striker Ali Zitouni, who must have felt very lonely playing as the sole striker against a four-man Enyimba defence, also had a great chance to give his side the lead in the 10th minute during a rare foray upfield.

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You may have felt a little lonely at times.

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Beck says participants felt more comfortable and less lonely with Aibo, which means "pal" in Japanese.

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