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solitude

[sol-i-tood, -tyood] / ˈsɒl ɪˌtud, -ˌtjud /


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Oeldorf-Hirsch believes the appeal of solitude content is filling a social need for the creators and their audience, providing some "balance" against the dominance of hyper-glamourised influencer culture.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

It’s no wonder, then, that someone like Parsons can so deftly perceive and capture this dire reality, where we’ve been dropped into digital solitude after hundreds of years being physical creatures.

From Salon May 30, 2026

Ms. Sanchez, who is 43 years old, developed her project during two periods of isolation and solitude.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

The two share an inquisitive and child-like energy, turning heavy conversations about growing up broke, the solitude of incarceration, and desperate cries for attention, into something remarkably light.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

“Good old Kehaar!” said Hazel, gazing with satisfaction round the fetid solitude.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Are the vast mountain solitudes of British Columbia, of which but very few have been so far explored, populated by a hairy race of giants—men—not ape-like men?

From Slate Jan. 28, 2023

“No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved,” he wrote.

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2022

But the platform is more effective in collecting solitudes than in bringing strangers on a large scale meaningfully together.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2020

Who better to offer up an olive branch that can ease the hitherto irreconcilable tensions between Canada’s two solitudes?

From The Guardian Jan. 10, 2020

He wandered through the wild solitudes of Thrace, comfortless except for his lyre, playing, always playing, and the rocks and the rivers and the trees heard him gladly, his only companions.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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