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

The one human thing, with the goblins before me— Alone—in a loneness so ghastly—Alone!

From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education

"Oh, Bab," said wee Lucy, "I had such a loneness without you!"

From Jimmy, Lucy, and All by May, Sophie

When thy sad tones were revealing all the loneness o'er thee stealing, Did he not, with fellow-feeling, vow to leave thee nevermore?

From Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

"How delightfully independent you are!" and Miss Fred, encircled by comrades, seemed really to envy the other her loneness in the world.

From Told In The Hills by Ryan, Marah Ellis