solitude - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- hill: I'm a runner and a walker and I love the solitude of the hills.
- countryside: He is a political fighter but also a poet who sings Irish song in the solitude of the countryside.
- place: There were also lots of other visitors to spoil the solitude of the place.
- room: I loved the solitude of that room, and it did much to enable me to discover what kind of Etonian I was.
- valley: After the busy trails toward Everest all the group enjoyed the total solitude of the stunning valley above Thame.
- landscape: And many of her own dawn visits were clearly heightened experiences in the midst of the beauty and solitude of an ancient landscape.
Converse of object
- prefer: I preferred solitude anyway; it was the medium in which I had been raised, in which I swam comfortably.
- seek: The center is ideal for individuals seeking solitude for long or short periods.
- enjoy: Once 50 meters from these three sites you will enjoy reasonable solitude.
- love: I love my new life here: I love the solitude.
- find: She finds solitude is not all she expected it to be.
- offer: But to the plain man it offers solitude: an excellent thing in itself, and a good whet for company.
Preposition: in
- order: There was an enormous yearning in me to go into solitude in order to develop my will.
Adjective modifier
- peaceful: Each of these allows you to enjoy the natural beauties of this scenic area along with the peaceful solitude away from city life.
- quiet: This long stretch of coastline has lots of little beaches, which means you may be able to find a bit of quiet solitude.
- vast: For the first time I became conscious of the vast solitudes which lie in the interior of Scotland's most northerly counties.
- relative: The relative solitude of the site is half the attraction!
- perfect: At these moments I took refuge in the most perfect solitude.
- complete: Truth is I am dealing with a week of almost complete solitude the best way I can.
Noun used with modifier
- O: In 1816 Hunt published Keats's sonnet O Solitude in the Examiner and in 1821 La Belle Dame sans Merci in the Indicator.
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