cloistered

Example Sentences

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He was born into the cloistered art world as the son of a German Jewish art dealer who fled Berlin in the 1930s and restarted his business in London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

A vast blaze has torn through the historic Bernaga Monastery in northern Italy, the Italian fire service said Sunday, forcing the evacuation of 22 cloistered nuns.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

Yet his work has never stayed cloistered within academia.

From Salon • May 28, 2025

The assured magnate, the superficial wife, the doted-upon child who was raised so cloistered he whistles canary songs to a tank of crawdads and tries to teach pet tricks to a fish.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

The campaign staff had cloistered itself in a different area of the hotel, trying to give us some privacy.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama