lonesomeness

Example Sentences

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That lonesomeness changes the tension and weight of the story’s silence.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

“The song is really a culmination of the feelings I’ve felt while traveling alone, where if lonesomeness happened to linger it wasn’t accompanied with sadness but understanding.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2021

Behind the all-brick buildings, a train sounded its lonesomeness, and Union Pacific freight cars chugged west.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2016

Almost any recording of “Winterreise” will convey its lonesomeness and austere beauty.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2015

Most of the day she was at the store, but at night she was there in the big house and sometimes it creaked and cried all night under the weight of lonesomeness.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston