aloneness

Example Sentences

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Her Iris lets us see why, in our darkest times, the poles of forced solitude and togetherness can feel so unsatisfying, yet the right kind of aloneness can be the stuff of real healing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

A “sense of aloneness — of loneliness, really — is the theme that runs through Hecht’s strongest writing and through Yezzi’s biography. Yezzi is alert to it.”

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

In a world filled with endless connections and constant communication, the relationship between loneliness and aloneness is not always clear.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

By contrast, I had made peace with my aloneness after so many years, and I had even found pleasure in my independence.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2023

They drift to the bare earth like a thousand feathers, memories of my terror and aloneness and cold dark nights, until I’m left bare.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell