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

The strong relationship between the two was found in adults older than 67, and there was an overlap of about 25% between loneliness and aloneness in older people, he said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

Clowes, however, acknowledges that the book’s nine stories dwell on themes of aloneness and abandonment and “permutations of those ideas.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 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

As I twisted the steering wheel and forced the accelerator to the floor I was controlling Mexico, and might and aloneness and inexperienced youth and Bailey Johnson, Sr., and death and insecurity, and even gravity.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou