Walden

American  

[wawl-duhn] / ˈwɔl dən /

noun

1. a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.

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Walden Cultural  

1. (1854) A book by Henry David Thoreau describing his two years of life alone at Walden Pond in Massachusetts. He recounts his daily life in the woods and celebrates nature and the individual's ability to live independently of society. A famous line from the book is Thoreau's statement that “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

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Example Sentences

It’s reasonable, Walden says, to expect the landlord to cover the unexpected costs that come with having to live out of a hotel.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

“You lease a place, you expect everything to be functioning, including the elevator,” Walden says.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

The directors take a visual essay approach, contrasting Walden Pond and its woods and the rivers Thoreau rowed with sped-up footage of our crazy modern world — which can be a little on the nose.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Apart from the Walden adventure, Thoreau appeared as a public speaker and worked as a surveyor and in his father’s very successful pencil factory, for which he created some important innovations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

And Mrs. Halloway, in Language Arts, was calling on him a lot—I think because she saw Joseph reading Walden.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt