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.
  • 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
  • For now, in-the-know travelers can jump on the chance to experience the site in relative solitude.
    Elissa Garay, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
  • For many, bathrooms are a sanctuary, posing as one of the few corners of the home where peace and momentary solitude can be found.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2024

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