How to Use solitude in a Sentence
solitude
noun- He enjoyed the peace and solitude of the woods.
- She wished to work on her novel in solitude.
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Out on the lake, there’s still some solitude to be found on the ice.
— Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Apr. 2021 -
There’s a sense of solitude that many of us feel who are from these parts of the world.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Dec. 2022 -
That solitude and scenery used to be the purview of a club of outdoor purists.
— Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 7 July 2020 -
There are many places of solitude, with names that could have blown in with the wind.
— Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2021 -
The peace of solitude and the peace of trustworthy friends.
— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024 -
Guadagnino wanted the solitude and melancholy of the landscape to set the tone of the film.
— Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Jan. 2023 -
The monotony and solitude of e-learning has been hardest on the youngest.
— Leila Atassi, cleveland, 8 Feb. 2021 -
Enjoy a nice bit of solitude as the trail circles the base of the big monolith.
— Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2022 -
Pack in, pack out, and enjoy the peace and quiet of solitude.
— J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 13 Apr. 2022 -
Around the back of the shop, in a rare moment of solitude, Ze knelt on the concrete for his third prayer of the day.
— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024 -
There is romance in the solitude of a snowy walk, and somehow the snow keeps even the birds in a deep sleep.
— Marissa Hermer, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2022 -
Just southwest of Boise lies one of the last vast swaths of solitude in the United States.
— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2024 -
Who else was able to listen to books all day, in solitude?
— Washington Post, 5 May 2022 -
The Serengeti has many selling points, but solitude is not among them.
— Ann Abel, Forbes, 6 June 2022 -
That long stretch of solitude is set to end later this year.
— NBC News, 15 June 2018 -
The enforced solitude of the past 18 months pressed pause on the party—though not on sales, which have boomed.
— Sarah Medford, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021 -
Now's a good time to go, for both solitude and bragging rights.
— Alesandra Dubin, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023 -
Yet her sonorous voice carries the weight of a hundred years of solitude.
— Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022 -
And there are mental ones: Most days are filled with hours of solitude.
— Skye Parrott, Marie Claire, 5 Dec. 2017 -
Kayak to one of the park’s public use cabins and spend the night in utter solitude.
— Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 16 June 2021 -
At the right bar, a strange kind of peace can be found in solitude among all the life happening there.
— Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 18 Sep. 2020 -
And all this happens there, in the solitude of reading, while the ensign takes a nap.
— Phil Klay, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 -
Shunned for their heritage and feared for their mighty strength, many are forced to live in solitude.
— Mike Drucker, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2019 -
Non-surfers could find shade or solitude under the trees’ boughs.
— Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 8 June 2017 -
But, of course, what counts most is what’s inside each fortress of solitude.
— BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2021 -
The solitude, the loneliness — that’s the hardest part.
— Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024 -
Guests choose between two varieties of picnic baskets with their preferred bites and a bottle of wine to enjoy in total solitude.
— Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2024 -
Santos and Carreira have fashioned a character that offers the audience the intimacy of her solitude.
— Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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