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His careful, solitary work helped reveal individual cells of the brain that together create wider networks.

Researchers had long thought they were solitary, nocturnal hunters.

Fly-fishing is a solitary pursuit, and I figured those states would have built-in social distancing.

I can’t say enough about that for young children and music, that if their parents can invest that time with them, it makes it a less solitary thing.

She’d heard that the rats were solitary, so her first catch should have emptied the territory.

They are impressive animals, solitary hunters blessed with incredible power and athleticism.

Once transferred to Karaj Prison, he spent an additional 15 days in solitary confinement.

I was put in a solitary confinement completely cut off from the outside world without even enjoying basic prisoner rights.

I have been told that, if I continue with this protest, I will be placed in solitary confinement.

Livvix, 30, is now in solitary confinement in the maximum-security Ayalon prison in Ramla, a city near Tel Aviv.

The light which discovered its dismal bounds to his solitary eyes, came from a small grated aperture in the vaulted roof.

It has been years since they have had a license at our tavern, so there was a solitary man in the bar-room when I entered.

"I was playin' sock-ball," snuffled the boy, and a solitary tear rolled down his snub nose.

With these words the matron dropped into her chair, and, once more resting her elbow on the table, thought of her solitary fate.

It needs better evidence to stamp this solitary suggestion of a blot on the clear scutcheon of Douglas.

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On this page you'll find 119 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to solitary, such as: lone, lonely, singular, individual, particular, and remote.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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