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 are many places of solitude, with names that could have blown in with the wind.
    — Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2021
  • There’s a theme of solitude that stretches across the record.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Now's a good time to go, for both solitude and bragging rights.
    — Alesandra Dubin, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Non-surfers could find shade or solitude under the trees’ boughs.
    — Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 8 June 2017
  • Many have lived on their own for years and require their solitude and space.
    — Francine Russo, Time, 19 Sep. 2021
  • That solitude and scenery used to be the purview of a club of outdoor purists.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • And solitude is killing us softly.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But, of course, what counts most is what’s inside each fortress of solitude.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Lizzy seems to want solitude and recognition at the same time.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • Pack in, pack out, and enjoy the peace and quiet of solitude.
    — J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Yet her sonorous voice carries the weight of a hundred years of solitude.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The Serengeti has many selling points, but solitude is not among them.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 6 June 2022
  • Then the virus hit and we were condemned to what seemed like eternal solitude.
    — Hisham Melhem, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2020
  • The monotony and solitude of e-learning has been hardest on the youngest.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 8 Feb. 2021
  • So much of our writing time is spent in solitude, just ourselves and the page.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The effect was to make solitude sound sexy, sad, and hopeful at once.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Being outside to me is all about solitude.
    — Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2025
  • These dogs tend to handle solitude with more resilience.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Most artists stay for a few days or a week, but Gustafson signed up for two full weeks of solitude.
    — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Enjoy a nice bit of solitude as the trail circles the base of the big monolith.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • Just a pathetic, sad old man who hated the world and spent his days in solitude.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
  • Kayak to one of the park’s public use cabins and spend the night in utter solitude.
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 16 June 2021
  • May God give you strength and fortitude to deal with and face this with solitude.
    — Washington Post, 29 July 1998
  • His voice, pure and isolated, reached into my solitude and spoke to me.
    — Adam Verner september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025

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