solitude

Example Sentences

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“The first is “The Longest Way Home,” where I was trying to come to terms with getting married again, where I was asking, how do you maintain intimacy and preserve your inherent solitude?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Abeba describes a cycle of grief and friction - arguing with loved ones, quitting jobs, and crying in solitude.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

In tightly controlled Russia, her life is defined by solitude.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

His obsessiveness and solitude recall the math genius in Darren Aronofsky’s first feature, “Pi,” and “OBEX” has much of that film’s homemade-looking gusto as well as its attractive facility for unpredictable dreamlike twists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The full moon, well risen in a cloudless eastern sky, covered the high solitude with its light.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams