seclude

Example Sentences

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Gore and Bush were able to seclude themselves at home, refraining from public comment for days on end.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2020

Noren curtains in earth tones seclude diners from the busy street outside and from the kitchen.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 12, 2019

“I realised that if I was able to seclude myself and rest, the gentle high would progress into a dreamlike state where I would experience visions,” she writes in Period Power.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2019

It’s a different world here in Santa Cruz, an easier place to seclude yourself, to find some anonymity.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2018

And he would seclude himself as usual in the back room, and Archie go forth into the night and the city quivering with animosity and scorn.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis