solitude

Example Sentences

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Abeba describes a cycle of grief and friction - arguing with loved ones, quitting jobs, and crying in solitude.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

In tightly controlled Russia, her life is defined by solitude.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

As he wrote to a neighbor, “I am alone, all alone in the Senate, in Congress, and almost in the United States. . . . In this solitude I must stand or fall.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

On the occasion that we’re let out of our house, our screens come with us, acting as an extra limb or a tool to curb solitude.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

Now I would give anything for just five minutes of solitude in my half of the room.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller