aloneness

Example Sentences

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Her Iris lets us see why, in our darkest times, the poles of forced solitude and togetherness can feel so unsatisfying, yet the right kind of aloneness can be the stuff of real healing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

In a world filled with endless connections and constant communication, the relationship between loneliness and aloneness is not always clear.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

I had made peace with my aloneness after so many years, and I had even found pleasure in my independence.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2023

It’s kind of a metaphor for life and the people that come in and out of your life, and loss and love and death and, again, aloneness.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022

Not lonely, just alone—riding her bike across campus or sitting off by herself in the cafeteria—even dancing, she danced alone—and it was the aloneness that filled him with love.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien