recluse

His insistence that the author bio be kept to a minimum was the beginning of the Cormac McCarthy Myth: He was a recluse, a lone horseman on the horizon, ruggedly making his way alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But years of awful press had turned him into a recluse.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Dawn, who is unable to work following decades of mental and physical health issues, says her experiences transformed her from a "very sociable child" into a "recluse".

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026

Think of it like “The Mandalorian,” if Mando had a recluse gamer co-parent and Grogu was a picky eater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025

The green speckled recluse doesn’t destroy as quickly as the stonefish.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

So much so that authorities are offering young recluses who meet a certain income threshold a monthly stipend to coax them out of their homes.

From BBC ● May 26, 2023

The quartet’s exhilarating brand of emo, primarily from their stellar album “I Became Birds,” blends the fiery rage of hardcore with the oddball existentialism of indie recluses Neutral Milk Hotel.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2021

Neighbors who put their pickups into park to chat when they drove past each other and recluses who shunned society.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2020

Yet such withdrawal can feed on itself, depriving recluses of the social interaction that is important to mental health, undermining relationships and careers and contributing to economic hardship.

From Economist ● Jun. 14, 2018

Instead of starting junior high school, I lived like the Victorian recluses I read about.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston