cloistered

Example Sentences

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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

In the intervening years, Anderson, who is 95, has plumbed the cloistered world of clock collectors.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet his work has never stayed cloistered within academia.

From Salon

Unlike Parolin, he has decades of pastoral experience – meaning he has been an active Church leader among the people as opposed to a diplomat for the Vatican or cloistered expert on Church law.

From BBC

The single storey building consists of five separate interconnecting buildings which are located around a cloistered courtyard and communal and administration areas.

From BBC