hermit

Example Sentences

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A contest was on to find the biggest hermit crab.

From New York Times

These two events marked the end of China as a hermit country where one billion people lived in extreme poverty and the start of its evolution into a superpower.

From New York Times

We explore vast underwater vistas as a hermit crab on a quest to get back his shell.

From Los Angeles Times

Atop the barren ledges are several hermit cells made of stacked rocks where, as early as the 300s, ascetics lived in extreme deprivation.

From New York Times

But in recent years the 15-member body has been split on how to deal with the hermit Asian state.

From Reuters