hermitage

Example Sentences

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The manuscript opens with the life of Giovanni of Florence, who built the Augustinian hermitage of Santa Lucia in Larniano with help from local farmers.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

If you crave a bite, climb the steps beyond the point and turn left, passing the hermitage gardens as you go toward Swami’s Cafe for an acai bowl.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

The south peak of Sceilg Mhichíl is 218m high and was used as a hermitage by monks, with the 183m-high lower peak containing the main monastic site.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2022

She came to Solas Bhride this year for a weeklong stay in its hermitage.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2022

It was like a forgotten hermitage — the cave hidden beneath the growth, the strange fertility goddess statue of Our Ladybird with her tattered Miss Miss sash in place.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray