Solitude

//ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd//

"Solitude" in a Sentence (15 examples)

We shouldn't confuse solitude with isolation. They are two separate things.

Some people enjoy solitude.

I like to go to a cabin in the woods to enjoy solitude.

The misanthrope enjoys his solitude.

He likes to spend some time in solitude every day.

The very pure spirit does not bother about the regard of others or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as to all forms, and with delightful tranquility, for the knowledge of God is received in divine silence.

I didn't want to go; I preferred to stay home, enjoying my solitude.

All it takes is concentration and solitude.

Better solitude than the company of the wicked.

If you cannot enjoy solitude, you cannot enjoy the company of others.

Show 5 more sentences

Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.

Cranks like Rousseau made solitude glamorous, but sensible people agreed that it was really terrible.

As much as I definitely enjoy solitude / I wouldn't mind perhaps / Spending little time with you

Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease! He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace.

[S]uch an one […] recalls as a vision of Paradise the land he has learnt to love; he exaggerates the insalubrity of a northern climate; he bewails the wretched formality of our civilised life, and so, back to the distant solitudes flies his recollection like a dove to the wilderness.

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: solitude