recluse

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

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

Ed says she wasn't a recluse as some have suggested and was very sociable with the people she knew.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 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

There was more left to explore, but suddenly it seemed like a waste of time; it was impossible that anyone could still be living here, even the most misanthropic recluse.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

Mr Yoo said he emerged from isolation gradually, and only after he met former recluses through a now-defunct rehabilitation group called K2 International.

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

“A lot of those people are recluses and pull away from society,” Wegner said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2018

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

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston