noun
definition
Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.
synonyms
definition
A lonely or deserted place.
Examples of solitude in a Sentence
Solitude had always been her friend.
The solitude of the place sets one dreaming.
We enjoyed the beauty and solitude of the hills more than ever.
But now, in the solitude of the journey, they seized him with special force.
Too much in awe of his father to make him a confidant, he wrestled in the gloomy solitude of his own mind.
I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed by a sense of solitude, but once, and that was a few weeks after I came to the woods, when, for an hour, I doubted if the near neighborhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life.
In solitude, the emotions are too quiescent to be explored and analyzed.
I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Finding, however, in the cloister neither calm nor solitude, and having gradually turned again to study, he yielded after a year to urgent entreaties from without and within, and went forth to reopen his school at the priory of Maisoncelle (1120).
There were also lots of other visitors to spoil the solitude of the place.
To illustrate the intensity of the pleasure he found alike in the solitude of his study and in the relaxations of genial social intercourse, almost any page taken at random, either from the Life or from the Letters, would suffice.
It had been a year since they had seen each other and the solitude had been only just bearable.
He has indeed praised "the self-sufficing power of solitude" in almost the same phrase as Wordsworth, and from time to time would even in youth seclude himself for a season in complete intellectual absorption, as when he toiled among his.
She finds solitude is not all she expected it to be.
On many of these desolate rocks, which could have afforded only the barest sustenance, there are remains of the dwellings and churches of early religious settlers who sought solitude here.
For the rest of the summer and the following winter the fort was dwarfed by the immensity of its solitude.
Holidays in Cayo Guillermo appeal to those looking for the solitude and romance of a virtually pristine and otherwise deserted island.
I loved the solitude of that room, and it did much to enable me to discover what kind of Etonian I was.
Composition meant for him intense absorption in his work; solitude and quiet were essential; and he resented interruptions by grotesque explosions of humorously exaggerated wrath.
But desiring both security and solitude for study he left the city again about New Year of 1534 and became the guest of Louis du Tillet, a canon of the cathedral, at Angouleme, where at the request of his host he prepared some short discourses, which were circulated in the surrounding parishes, and read in public to the people.
Being both absolute and changeable, remote and immediate, physical but also metaphysical, the sky engages dynamically with the poet's solitude.
The Valley gets log-jammed with tour buses and cars driving the length and breath of it but there are still places of quiet solitude and rural peace, albeit, these are easier to find in the winter rather than the summer.
I know; you like your solitude.
He devoted himself to solitude, prayer and the service of the poor, and before long went on a pilgrimage to Rome.
This high wild corrie sees even less traffic than the Great Moss side and is a place to really enjoy a bit of solitude.
The relative solitude of the site is half the attraction!
Autistic children have difficulty interacting with others, preferring solitude over group play.
With everyone gone, she could enjoy the solitude.
He approached St Faro, the bishop of Meaux, to whom he made known his desire to live a life of solitude in the forest.
Now, however, a more logical and scholarly aspect was given to their literature by the writings of Barclay, especially his Apology for the True Christian Divinity published in Latin (1676) and in English (1678), and by the works of Penn, amongst which No Cross No Crown and the Maxims or Fruits of Solitude are the best known.
As she grew to womanhood she became inclined to silence, and spent much of her time in solitude and prayer.
Strangely enough, in this exile - rendered still more irksome by his father's mania for solitude and by his tyrannical temper - the genius of Octave Feuillet developed.
From the Oriental philosophy he seems to have adopted a life of solitude.
After all, he was a recluse and undoubtedly enjoyed the solitude of a quiet ranch.
In spite of the breath-catching vertical drop-offs, boulder-strewn tilting and rolling Jeep roads with their impossible angles of ascent, the solitude of being able to stare for miles and miles in any directions with not a soul in sight—all this melted away to a sense of awe and peace that made any anxiety evaporate like mountain mist on a summer morning.
Monday-Friday the slopes are deserted and international visitors enjoy the magnificence in solitude.
In the wild state it is gregarious, associating in herds of ten, twenty or more individuals, and, though it may under certain circumstances become dangerous, it is generally inoffensive and even timid, fond of shade and solitude and the neighbourhood of water.
Some modification of the rule of unbroken solitude would be inevitable; but he strongly urged its adoption for certain classes, and he was equally convinced of the imperative necessity for giving every prisoner a separate sleeping cell.
There was an enormous yearning in me to go into solitude in order to develop my will.
The relative solitude of the site is half the attraction !
This period also saw her turn into a bitter and spiteful woman seeking only solitude.
At present, hardly a few verdant oases relieve its dead solitude.
A bedroom can be an oasis, a place to getaway from the routine and a place to find that sometimes needed tranquility and solitude.
In a doctoral program, a good portion of the study is spent in solitude and research.
This does not mean, however, that adults interested in cruising won't be able to find solitude onboard.
Access to its abundant natural gems and supreme solitude combined with its short sailing season make cruising to Antarctica an expensive travel option.
The quiet solitude of a snow covered meadow or the amazing sight of the huge wind drifts along the sides of a cliff are often enough to get people coming back for more winter camping every year.
The collaborative nature of ghostwriting can provide a nice break from the solitude of ordinary freelance writing projects.
Believe it or not, Aquarius does have the occasional need for solitude, but it won't last more than a fleeting micro-second.
Over the years, she's found that doing so often requires a certain amount of quiet and solitude.