Solitariness

I may not deny but that there is some profitable meditation, contemplation, and kind of solitariness to be embraced, which the fathers so highly commended, [1562] Hierom, Chrysostom, Cyprian, ❋ Unknown (2007)

"L'Allegro"; [13] if he had said "solitariness," it would have been correct. ❋ Various (N/A)

He should have gained the state of solitariness which is a condition of life quite unlike any other. ❋ Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell (1884)

There is indeed a solitariness which is the condition of an individual soul's being, which no association with others can do away; but there is no reason why we should add to that burden of personality which the ❋ Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd (1862)

“There was a grandeur in everything around, which gave almost a solemnity to the scene: a silence and solitariness which affected everything! ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was the beginning of a new and distinct social movement among the early Christians (a society which hitherto had been spreading in urban sites) and came to be known from this preference for solitariness (Greek: monachismos) as "monasticism." ❋ Ph.D. Norris J. Chumley (2011)

Davies fell victim to his old tropes: sexualising the doctor by having him kiss yet another female companion, fetishising him by having Lee Evans as an eccentric boffin kneel at his feet and declare he loved him, and granting him another soliloquy about his cosmic solitariness. ❋ Honorh (2009)

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the solitariness that reading can bring into a relationship, and wondering if perhaps it might be rewritten into a different story with a sweeter ending. ❋ Katherine Rosman (2012)

Although Enos immediately fell in love with her character, the show's dark themes and Linden's solitariness — despite a loving fiancé Callum Keith Rennie and a teenage son — have sometimes been tough. ❋ Unknown (2011)

To think that a million people would read something written in the solitariness of my room with 28 letters of the alphabet and two fingers as my sole arsenal seems insane. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I think our purpose is to help counteract the solitariness that is inherent to writing. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Collaboration is a bugbear for Helprin, because he has set up an unsustainable aura of the solitariness of the individual creator, confusing the physical and mental dimensions of it, before, during, and after creation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Temperamentally unsuited to solitariness, she must have found her life at this time extremely difficult. ❋ David McDuff (2009)

There are also vignettes of the different causes of melancholy: loneliness, or solitariness, represented by owls hovering in shady bowers; Inamorato, represented by a forlorn young man clutching a batch of poetry, hat pulled down low over his eyes a symbol of lovesickness at the time. ❋ Catharine Arnold (2008)

[Max] is such a solitary person. He [doesn't even] [come to] parties anymore. ❋ Frankie Dogg (2010)

the [player] [pulled] a solitary ([soli]) play. ❋ Shawn D (2007)

Stop being such a [solitary gay] and [embrace] [your gayness]! ❋ Chocohate (2008)

the [inmate] that [tried] to [escape], they assigned him solitray confinement for a year ❋ Matt Furlani (2003)

I [recall] our [headmaster] addressing the class on the [grave] consequences of addiction to the solitary vice. ❋ Joseph Sydney (2008)

1. [Butch] made another escape attempt yesterday and they put him in [solitary] confinment for [3 weeks]. ❋ Chicken Butt (2003)

[IT Contractor]: This is so depressing, I could be out looking for a dubious lady (see pea-wet ), and this bread is stale. TV: In news today, a missing cat reappeared after 30 days… IT Contractor: Man, I’ve hit a low, and there are crumbs everywhere. Next day: Colleague: Good evening last night? IT Contractor: Yeah, went out for a few drinks and [made some new friends] IT Contactor (to self): Oh man, I was [solitary bedcrumbing] but can’t even admit it to myself, let alone anyone else. ❋ Yourmaninthenorth (2009)

[AJ]: Hey, can I meet you at Solitary Confinement? [Jackal]: Sure, bro! Are they serving the dog shit- I mean "[Mac & Cheese]" again? ❋ TrumpIsATramp (2020)

[Ej] is in [the state] of solitary moments, He wants to be left [alone]. ❋ Lancelot_ej (2008)

My parents were going to [my brother's] band [concert], so I was in solitary confinement for [seven] hours. IT WAS GREAT! ❋ Ucluelet Harbor (2008)