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

Then they were alone, and it was a loneness such as an eagle might feel when it held itself poised high in the curve of blue.

From The Lost Prince by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

And in this new loneness of his that had been selected for what greatness he might achieve, beauty must be relative or, itself a harmony, it would make only a discord.

From This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)

"How delightfully independent you are!" and Miss Fred, encircled by comrades, seemed really to envy the other her loneness in the world.

From Told In The Hills by Ryan, Marah Ellis

Deep loneness, tear-filled tones of distant joy, Depart!

From Poems by Eddy, Mary Baker