hermit

Example Sentences

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Wilding, a shy man who lived alone, was known to his neighbors as a “recluse” and a “hermit.”

From Los Angeles Times

Much less familiar is Guglielmo of Malavalle, a twelfth century hermit venerated by the Augustinians for defeating a dragon using a simple wooden staff shaped like a pitchfork.

From Science Daily

And there's a deep-sea hermit crab, living not inside a shell, but a sea star the team can't immediately identify.

From Barron's

Suddenly the lines about needing a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher in the pulpit came so much more alive from the endless horizon atop a watchtower.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m a little bit of a hermit, and just wanted some more trees and a little more space,” Nancherla says.

From Los Angeles Times