solitude
IPA: sˈɑɫʌtud
noun
- Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.
- A lonely or deserted place.
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Examples of "solitude" in Sentences
- Like the previous two, his solitude is our saving grace.
- In the countryside of Finland, solitude is a national pastime
- The word solitude was created to express the glory of being alone.
- And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
- But if he returned to solitude, it was henceforth to be as the French say, a _solitude à deux_.
- We are drawn to ideas, we are passionate observers, and for us, solitude is rich and generative.
- She learns that she can feel happiness in solitude (at least for a period of time), but finds her ultimate contentment in an intimate relationship with a man.
- She must have had naturally a strong appetite, which her active life sharpened, and its indulgence formed a sort of refuge from the pressure of the intense solitude in which she lived, and which was all the more a solitude because it was _solitude à deux_.
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