Specifically, of this "empty-nest" population, solitary young residents are especially common, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
They may become more solitary and even suffer from certain mental illness.
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
In Switzerland, it has been illegal to own one solitary goldfish since 2008, when the country introduced a whole host of animal rights' legislation.
"Solitary tigers actually have a rich social life; they just prefer to socialize from a distance," says the National Zoo's website.
Improve your mood, relieve depression , Cats may have the reputation of being solitary, unsocial animals but cat owners know this is not the case.
"Saying OK to separate bedtimes enables behaviors that destroy intimacy, such as solitary porn-watching and flirty messaging with friends or co-workers.
'The really diligent student in one of the crowded hives of Cambridge College is as solitary as a dervish in the desert.
The head, the diadem, the arm, —these all had sunk; at last over these also the cruel quicksand had closed; and no memorial of the fair young girl remained on earth, except my own solitary tears, and the funeral bells from the desert seas that, rising again more softly, sang a requiem over the grave of the buried child, and over her blighted dawn.
For me the sight of these small living creatures, solitary and fragile against the brute force of the sea, had moving philosophic overtones, and I do not pretend that Roger and I reacted with similar emotions.
"Adult giant pandas usually are solitary, so the only language teacher they have is their own mother," the researcher said.
"Adult giant pandas usually are solitary, so the only language teacher they have is their own mother," the researcher said.
Eenmaal is a pop-up restaurant that opened in Amsterdam on June 27, serving high-class food but only to solitary diners.
A growing number of "silent cafés" - with self-imposed chat bans - are opening across the capital, attracting a steady stream of solo Tokyoites keen to swap the pressure-cooker pace of urban life for solitary silence.
Solitary Wayfarer Rabindranath Tagore [] In the deep shadows of the rainy july ,with secret steps, , Thou walkest,silent as night ,eluding all watchers.
Than Israel's scatter'd race; ,, For, taking root, it there remains ; In solitary grace: , It cannot quit its place of birth, !
Xiao Qi has now grown out of the 'infant period' and has started to have contact with the outside world, but she may still lead a solitary life.
The solitary animals can discern the love calls of different suitors, new research suggests.
Years went by and she came again,and stood behind the man where he sat solitary in the fading day,thinking.
(As the philosopher Frédéric Gros observed last year in his best-selling A Philosophy of Walking, walking is not just great for solitary inspiration but also a fabulous technique for talk.