Sentence examples for solitary which from inspiring English sources

She played a lot of solitaire and invented a modified version of the game — she called it "solitary" — which she hoped would keep me quiet for a while.

Avempace's most important philosophical work is Tadbīr al-mutawaḥḥid ("The Regime of the Solitary"), which he was unable to complete before his death.

When Woodfox last spoke to the Guardian, a day after his release, he described the panic attacks he had suffered in solitary, which at times forced him to sleep night after night sitting up.

Soon after she arrived she was threatened by a group of inmates, and felt compelled to ask for "protective solitary", which is exactly the same cold and dark place as punitive solitary except one goes there voluntarily, to the extent that anything in prison is done voluntarily.

To get there, we go through her family, her childhood, her own children, her financial situation, her psychological deterioration after a long period in solitary — which leaves her shaky, confused, and desperate — and by the time we arrive at the crime, the idea of weighing the degree of her guilt and the concept of "deserving it" seem beside the point.

Although Avempace, a physician who probably died by poisoning, wrote a number of commentaries on important works by Aristotle and al-Farabi, he is best known for his Tadbir al-mutawah hid ("The Regime of the Solitary"), which was influenced by Neoplatonism and commented on the corrupt nature of society.

"Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement," which he co-edited with Casella and Sarah Shourd (who was held in solitary confinement in Iran for four hundred and ten days), will be released on February 2nd.

Meanwhile Hicks was being held in solitary confinement, which grew worse with the years.

Around the corner was our local black ghetto, one solitary building, which included my friend Bobby.

Wasps are subdivided into two groups: solitary wasps, which live alone, and social wasps, which live in colonies.

Jailers often relied on solitary confinement, which could drive prisoners mad, but the impulse, at least, was toward rehabilitation.