cloister

Example Sentences

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Even so, she didn’t live in a cloister.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

A chocolate kitchen, chocolate serving room, chocolate cloister and full chocolate staff are optional.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2023

They should be able to move into a modular cloister of about 3,500 square feet on the donated land by year’s end, Pfaff said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2023

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — In 1964, hoping to erase its image as a privileged cloister for white rich families, Wesleyan University contacted 400 Black high school students from around the country to persuade them to apply.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2023

The conversation in the rotunda was, of course, all about the Tonist cloister tragedy.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman