separateness

Example Sentences

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Amidst current events, what's really solidified my identity as a Jew is a sense of otherness and separateness from the rest of the community — a feeling that I’ve experienced for most of my life.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2023

The feeling of separateness fades away and, suddenly, you’re no longer an island.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023

It was, after all, their home, with a long and colorful history and a strong sense of separateness from the Wise County seat across the mountains.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023

“Not only are we physically separated from one another, we are culturally, socially and politically separated from each other, and the end to that separateness is not in sight,” Herzog said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022

I was intensely aware of where I sat, the volume of darkness I displaced, the shiny- smooth span of packed dirt between us, and the shocking separateness from me in my mama’s eyes.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner