recluse

Example Sentences

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Xu, an online megaposter but real-life recluse, has rarely spoken with reporters and hasn’t been photographed in public for nearly a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Born in Virginia, D'Angelo was something of a recluse and only periodically surfaced to release music, most of which was received favorably by fans and critics.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

She spent her teenage years looking after her five siblings and working in a chip shop at the weekends while her mother became a recluse.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

“He is a recluse who cut off contact with our family and now lives in squalor,” she writes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

But I was not a recluse; my ten days there were divided among ANC business, seeing old friends, and occasional jaunts as a conventional tourist.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela