RECLUSE in a Sentence
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15 example sentences for RECLUSE, such as:
1. But he's too much of a recluse.
2. That direful mishap was at the bottom of his temporary recluseness.
3. In the monastery there is a recluse who never looks upon a human face.
4. In our opinion, cenobites are not lazy men, and recluses are not idlers.
5. Cherishing his solitude, the recluse wants to shun the company of other human beings.
2. That direful mishap was at the bottom of his temporary recluseness.
3. In the monastery there is a recluse who never looks upon a human face.
4. In our opinion, cenobites are not lazy men, and recluses are not idlers.
5. Cherishing his solitude, the recluse wants to shun the company of other human beings.
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Meanings and Examples of RECLUSE
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recluse
a. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
n. one who lives in solitude
Classic Sentence:
1 In the monastery there is a recluse who never looks upon a human face.
2 Suddenly the recluse interrupted me with the words: 'God's work first, and our own last.'
3 I wondered to myself what this could mean, and concluded that the recluse had been unwilling to accord me his counsel.
4 At this spot I love to meditate, as I watch the sunset; it suits a recluse like me.
5 But he's too much of a recluse.
6 Occasionally the air breathed through the crevices of the hut, and the low flame that fluttered about the embers of the fire threw their wavering light on the person of the sullen recluse.
7 Wuthering Heights and Mr. Heathcliff did not exist for her: she was a perfect recluse; and, apparently, perfectly contented.
8 But through the remainder of Hester's life there were indications that the recluse of the scarlet letter was the object of love and interest with some inhabitant of another land.
9 That direful mishap was at the bottom of his temporary recluseness.
10 Not one of the young recluses could see him, because of the serge curtain, but he had a sweet and rather shrill voice, which they had come to know and to distinguish.
11 In our opinion, cenobites are not lazy men, and recluses are not idlers.
Example Sentence:
1 The modern founder of Pantheism, Benedict Spinoza, was a man of pure and saintly character, a gentle recluse from the world, lovable and blameless.
2 Cherishing his solitude, the recluse wants to shun the company of other human beings.
3 If the world were seeking a real-life Willy Wonka, it would have struggled to get closer than Michele Ferrero, the confectioner who seduced millions with his genius for mass-market chocolatey sweetmeats and yet remained an enigmatic recluse.
4 She largely keeps to herself in the small outbuilding, where she lives with her equally reclusive boyfriend.