solitude

Example Sentences

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The crew of four — in the dim green glow of their spacecraft, with no more elbow room than a Sprinter van — entered a profound solitude few have ever experienced.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The crew was asked by the Los Angeles Times about the 40 minutes of "profound solitude" when they lost contact with Earth.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Colicchio didn’t like the painful early mornings and solitude of being alone in his head in the water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“The first is “The Longest Way Home,” where I was trying to come to terms with getting married again, where I was asking, how do you maintain intimacy and preserve your inherent solitude?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Throughout the day the solitude remained unbroken by noise, men, tractors or even cattle, and they began to feel still more deeply what they owed to Fiver’s insight.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams