lonesomeness
Example Sentences
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They scrapped Peter Parker’s haunting sense of responsibility for his uncle’s death, his working-class hustle, and the lonesomeness of his secret identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
That lonesomeness changes the tension and weight of the story’s silence.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
“The song is really a culmination of the feelings I’ve felt while traveling alone, where if lonesomeness happened to linger it wasn’t accompanied with sadness but understanding.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2021
Behind the all-brick buildings, a train sounded its lonesomeness, and Union Pacific freight cars chugged west.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2016
Then she’d lie awake in bed asking lonesomeness some questions.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
