sense of loneliness

collocation in English

meaningsofsenseandloneliness

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sense
noun
uk
/sens/us
/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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loneliness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈləʊn.li.nəs/us
/ˈloʊn.li.nəs/
the state of ...
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(Definition ofsenseandlonelinessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsense of loneliness

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In this context, thesenseoflonelinesspartly expresses a fear of destitution and abandonment in old age.
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They may send money back to improve their parents' living conditions, but this does little to ameliorate the parents'senseofloneliness.
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It needs no words of mine to emphasise thesenseoflonelinessand isolation which deafness can involve.
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We should do all we can to relieve people from asenseofloneliness, particularly aged people who feel that they have done their work in the world.
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The title is meant to evoke asenseoflonelinessthrough the symbolism of a phone-line without connection.
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His environment contributed to thissenseofloneliness.
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Some other observers note that for all their cuteness and flippant humor, these cartoonlike characters evoke asenseofloneliness, anxiety and spiritual emptiness.
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These women live in isolation with asenseoflonelinessand shame due to rejection by their own.
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This scene, perhaps, evokes best the profoundsenseoflonelinessand isolation present in the film.
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Asenseoflonelinessin this remote village drove him to find his talent in sculpture.
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This adds to thesenseofloneliness, and has caused the painting to be popularly associated with the concept of urban alienation.
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To address this, they decided to create asenseoflonelinessin the character, which they felt would require him to reach out to the teens.
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Jarrell's style pivots on hissenseoflonelinessand on the intersubjectivity he sought as a response.
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