loneness

Example Sentences

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Radtke conveys loneliness as a societal problem but also shows the extreme personal toll it can have on someone and how, the deeper into loneness you fall, the harder it is to come out.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2021

"Oh, Bab," said wee Lucy, "I had such a loneness without you!"

From Jimmy, Lucy, and All by May, Sophie

Only in the uneventful days to find her loneness intensified a thousand times, and without escape.

From Winding Paths by Page, Gertrude

She was becoming accustomed to be called ‘my lady’ and ‘your ladyship,’ and the new loneness made her feel better prepared to take her place amongst new surroundings.

From The Man by Stoker, Bram

Who walks thro his world in loneness lifts A soul that is sorrow-rife.

From Sea Poems by Rice, Cale Young