Examples of 'solitary' in a sentence

Meaning of "solitary"

solitary (adjective): Describes someone or something that is alone or isolated, without companions. Often used to refer to a person who prefers solitude or lives a secluded life
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  • One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.
  • Solitary confinement.
  • The state of being solitary; solitude
  • Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present

How to use "solitary" in a sentence

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The decision on solitary confinement may be appealed.
Solitary confinement and special security measures.
Children placed in solitary confinement institutional care.
Solitary confinement with no food and no light.
Children placed in solitary confinement in remand prison.
Solitary confinement of a minor in community institutions is exceptional.
He was subjected to solitary confinement in view of his behaviour.
Solitary confinement was monitored by visiting magistrates.
At the far end was a solitary confinement block.
A solitary bird does not suffer for company.
I would not wish so solitary an end on anyone.
My solitary boat is moored beneath an old temple.
And the owl is a solitary creature by nature.
Solitary confinement must be regulated by law and.
Your five years in solitary confinement are at an end.

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Solitary confinement figures not yet available.
Many suffered solitary confinement and torture.
Solitary confinement makes grown men crazy.
Individuals may react to solitary confinement differently.
The solitary life worked for you.
We will start in the solitary confinement block.
This solitary hill has always been dear to me.
I would have left you in solitary forever if it was up to me.
Solitary confinement also occurs in custodial institutions.
You are like a solitary speck in the sky.
A solitary tower atop of which is a mahogany pyre.
The flowers are solitary and hang downwards.
Solitary in a hole between beatings and torture.
She will get in solitary for that.
What solitary time in those dungeons is like.
She was described as a solitary and independent child.
Solitary experience in handling the antiretroviral therapy.
I have led a solitary life for so long.
Solitary males may or may not be territorial.
The inflorescence is a solitary flower or pair of flowers.
Solitary and multiple osteochondromas are histologically similar.
He is expecting to be kept in solitary confinement until he is shot.
I could run this show from solitary.
Not to be placed in solitary confinement as a disciplinary sanction.
Take this son of a bitch to the solitary.
It was only solitary because no one else was in there.
He was then thrown naked into a solitary cell.
Two types of solitary confinement were employed in prisons.
The revolver is loaded with a solitary bullet.
I would be in solitary if you had not done that.
I was planning to send him back to solitary today.
Months in solitary would have an effect on anyone.
I am going to put you in solitary for three days.
I always got the impression he was quite solitary.
A week in solitary will help you to think.

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