How to Use oneness in a Sentence

oneness

noun
  • And this was the oneness that linked man to man, in life or death.
    — Gene Seymour, CNN, 26 May 2021
  • Thank you for being a fan, and your oneness, and your caring.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The visual evokes a sense of peace and oneness with nature and each other.
    — Brion O’Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • There’s a certain oneness that comes with getting lost among a sea of sweaty beings.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 18 June 2021
  • Ego death, a sense of oneness with the universe, a release from the illusion of the self.
    — Natan Ponieman, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Our ability to give consent comes from our oneness with God.
    — Karen Neff, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This oneness is our divine and permanent home.
    — Kate Mullane Robertson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Still, there were signs that this feeling of oneness would not remain forever.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2017
  • Man’s oneness with God is unending.
    — Lynn G. Jackson, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Survivors who felt their suffering was shared reported a stronger sense of oneness, with those groups.
    — Claire White, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Our families, our work, our hearts and minds and days and nights were blissful in their oneness, for the next two decades, until his death.
    — Ann Druyan, National Geographic, 10 July 2019
  • Christ Jesus revealed to us our oneness with our Maker, who is wholly good.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But since the start of the pandemic, togetherness and oneness have been public health threats.
    — Jay Patel, CNN, 13 July 2021
  • The oneness is also integral to the paintings’ defining idea.
    — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The connection to the divine isn’t a far away place, but rather a oneness that is always with us, a portal that can be accessed at any time.
    — Coastmag, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2017
  • What connects those words is a feeling of oneness with another person or being, Fiske says.
    — Daniel Burke, CNN, 6 Apr. 2018
  • There was a sense of community on the team and a oneness and respect for each other in driving toward success.
    — Goldie Chan, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • She’s been known to veer into conversational tangents about the oneness of her body, mind, and the Earth.
    — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 1 Mar. 2018
  • And then Tekiyah gedolah, the final long note, that refers to a oneness, a total unity coming together.
    — The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • The runner’s high transported me to a Buddhist aware- ness of the oneness of everything.
    — Brodie Ramin, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The dance, like the religion, finding a tighter structure and oneness with its environment.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Another theme of the evening was oneness, which guests were asked to represent by wearing monochromatic clothing.
    — Damion Matthews, Town & Country, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Explore oneness with community but don’t force anything.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Explore oneness with community, but don’t force anything.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Mystics and meditators aim for this sense of oneness with the universe, but Lightman’s just happened.
    — Michael Shermer, New York Times, 25 June 2018
  • This tradition — of a moment of oneness and national pride — continued after the war.
    — Mark Dvorak, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The Kaaba represents the metaphorical house of God and the oneness of God.
    — Omar Akour, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2018
  • Two Ships is thus a narrative for our time, when the aspirational vision of oneness has given way to intractable twoness.
    — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • In less than a decade, McAfee ascended to yoga teacher, leading workshops on peace, light, truth and oneness.
    — Dennis Wagner, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2021
  • Visual hallucinations are common, as well as feelings of euphoria and a sense of oneness with others or the world at large.
    — Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2018

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