hermit
Example Sentences
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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
There are no desert hermits in our tradition, only moms and dads tending home fires.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
