recluse

But years of awful press had turned him into a recluse.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

The recluse part is I don’t like being in the public eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Goetz himself is still alive, a squirrel-feeding recluse who lives in virtual poverty so as not to have to pay the massive judgment against him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

The police warned her of a threat against her - known as a TM1 notice - and she described being in "turmoil" and becoming a recluse.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

“By the way,” he said, “we’ve had a problem lately with brown recluse spiders in the facility.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

"The 'culture' of shame in Korea makes it more difficult for recluses to talk about their problems," Mr Yoo said.

From BBC ● May 26, 2023

The quartet’s exhilarating brand of emo, primarily from their stellar album “I Became Birds,” blends the fiery rage of hardcore with the oddball existentialism of indie recluses Neutral Milk Hotel.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2021

Social isolation has certainly increased in Japan, where half a million young people live as “hikikomori” — recluses who don’t leave their homes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2019

Yet such withdrawal can feed on itself, depriving recluses of the social interaction that is important to mental health, undermining relationships and careers and contributing to economic hardship.

From Economist ● Jun. 14, 2018

Instead of starting junior high school, I lived like the Victorian recluses I read about.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston