loneness

Example Sentences

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Radtke conveys loneliness as a societal problem but also shows the extreme personal toll it can have on someone and how, the deeper into loneness you fall, the harder it is to come out.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2021

In keeping with the whole sad story seemed the gloom of the forest, the loneness of the marsh, and the surge of the waves upon the desolate shore.

From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Hutchins, Frank W.

Stratford March 2, 1615 I write with rain across my oriel, and the fire almost out in my fireplace, and my loneness sniveling in its pot.

From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander

She was becoming accustomed to be called ‘my lady’ and ‘your ladyship,’ and the new loneness made her feel better prepared to take her place amongst new surroundings.

From The Man by Stoker, Bram

Deep loneness, tear-filled tones of distant joy, Depart!

From Poems by Eddy, Mary Baker