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

In younger people, aloneness and loneliness are just two different things, Mehl said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

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 escalate in intensity, each one resulting in the devastating aloneness and mystifying breakups that are at the core of rom-coms and advice columns.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022

The worst feeling had been the aloneness, before they had heard the footsteps, the knowing that however loudly he cried out, there was nobody at all who could hear him.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill