alone
adjective
separate, apart, or isolated from others.
aloneness
-
a word derived from
alone.
Example Sentences
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Despite being in the company of countless others facing similar challenges in our generation, we have an overwhelming sense of aloneness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
The strong relationship between the two was found in adults older than 67, and there was an overlap of about 25% between loneliness and aloneness in older people, he said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023
Clowes, however, acknowledges that the book’s nine stories dwell on themes of aloneness and abandonment and “permutations of those ideas.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2023
By contrast, I had made peace with my aloneness after so many years, and I had even found pleasure in my independence.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2023
They drift to the bare earth like a thousand feathers, memories of my terror and aloneness and cold dark nights, until I’m left bare.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
