How to use "solitary" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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After defending Dega against a sadistic guard, Papillon escapes into the jungle but is captured and sentenced to solitary confinement. - Papillon (film)
He is expecting to be kept in solitary confinement until he is shot. - Darkness at Noon
She, like the other Angels, is solitary by nature, and can hardly bear to be near them. - Titan (John Varley novel)
She and her mother, Ingrid Magnussen, a poet, live a solitary life with little outside influence. - White Oleander
Samuel states that there has never been a pair of man-eaters; they have always been solitary hunters. - The Ghost and the Darkness
He is fostered but is a difficult solitary child and eventually apprenticed to a tanner. - Perfume (novel)
However, she is always caught and put into solitary confinement. - Chicken Run
His wife Louise, an unhappy, solitary woman who loves literature and poetry, cannot make friends. - The Heart of the Matter
While seated in a café, she becomes aware of a solitary Italian man watching her and quickly leaves. - Summertime (1955 film)
Elvira bribes Harper to put Kitty in solitary confinement, where Kitty is beaten. - Caged
Bibikov is kept in solitary confinement until he eventually commits suicide. - The Fixer (novel)
In 2046, an inmate named Corry is sentenced to solitary confinement on a distant asteroid for 50 years. - The Lonely (The Twilight Zone)
When Butch is ordered into solitary confinement for sparking a protest over the prison food, he passes along his knife before being searched. - The Big House (1930 film)
Léon Montana (Jean Reno) is an Italian hitman (or "cleaner", as he refers to himself) living a solitary life in New York City's Little Italy. - Léon: The Professional
He plays an excerpt over the public address system, resulting in him receiving solitary confinement. - The Shawshank Redemption
Mallory is held in solitary confinement elsewhere in the prison, awaiting her transport to the mental hospital. - Natural Born Killers

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