11 example sentences using solitary.
Solitary used in a sentence
Solitary in a sentence as a noun
If you put us in solitary confinement we go insane.
And Linode treats that one solitary server better than any other VPS host in the world.
Manning was kept for 3 years in prison, half of that in solitary, with sleep deprivation and all that - with no charge.
As a white person thrown into psychiatric solitary a couple times, I'd say that he got pretty cushy treatment compared to what black folks get. No trial, out in 12 hours?
If you got in a knife fight and stabbed someone, you might well be held pending trial, but not usually in solitary confinement.
I don't think there has to be merely one single solitary reason for the popularity of diamonds.
Solitary in a sentence as an adjective
Yes, the problem with this person being beaten up, put in solitary and abused for no reason simply comes down to their inability to shut up.
The founders did not create the United States so that some solitary 29-year-old could make unilateral decisions about what should be exposed.
Even if you succeed, all you've achieved is to protect one solitary person at the cost of considerable personal inconvenience.
"Mitnick became a symbol of government oppression in the late 1990s, when he spent four and a half years in prison and eight months in solitary confinement before his trial on hacking charges.
As someone who spends a good deal of time alone because I enjoy solitary pursuits, I disagree with the article when it claims that alone time is a form of "liberation", "freedom", and gaining "control".
Solitary definitions
confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners; "he was held in solitary"
one who lives in solitude
See also: hermit recluse solitudinarian troglodyte
characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk"
of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies; "solitary bees"
See also: nongregarious nonsocial
lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler"
being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky"
devoid of creatures; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake"
See also: lonely unfrequented