cloistered
adjective
clois·tered
ˈklȯi-stərd 
1
: being or living in or as if in a cloister
cloistered nuns
2
: providing shelter from contact with the outside world
the cloistered atmosphere of a small college
the cloistered life of the monastery
Synonyms
Examples of cloistered in a Sentence
She leads a private, cloistered life in the country.
He spent most of his adult life cloistered in universities.
Recent Examples on the Web
The protagonist, English sailor John Blackthorne, is based on William Adams, the rare Westerner to successfully enmesh himself within the cloistered society.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 26 Feb. 2024
Here are men who move heaven and earth to avoid a 9-to-5, and their cloistered throats say so loud and clear.
—Melvin Backman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
The recent trend in luxury travel has moved toward ever-smaller, more intimate, and altogether more cloistered journeys, but that would be a mistake here.
—Josh Condon, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2023
Indeed, Yeo’s film feels uniquely Singaporean in its reflection of the complex psychic state of the country, which can teeter between a coastal dreamland and a cloistered urban nightmare.
—Minh Nguyen, Variety, 6 Aug. 2023
Though the last of the nuns left in 1912, there remains a sense of cloistered, meditative peace.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2023
Building on a series of oppositions — nature and culture, realism and romance, duty and freedom — O’Connor brings Emily the myth to vibrant life, persuasively suggesting that this ostensibly strange and cloistered genius came into being not despite her contradictions but through them.
—Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
Based on Spain’s first case of vampirism documented by the Catholic Church, a young woman is sent in 1755 to a cloistered monastery where several novices suffer a strange blood disease.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
Don’t expect to see the bakers though—the nuns remain cloistered and sell their wares from behind a rotating door.
—Nico Avalle, Bon Appétit, 21 Dec. 2022
Alison Herman, Variety, 26 Feb. 2024
Here are men who move heaven and earth to avoid a 9-to-5, and their cloistered throats say so loud and clear.
—Melvin Backman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
The recent trend in luxury travel has moved toward ever-smaller, more intimate, and altogether more cloistered journeys, but that would be a mistake here.
—Josh Condon, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2023
Indeed, Yeo’s film feels uniquely Singaporean in its reflection of the complex psychic state of the country, which can teeter between a coastal dreamland and a cloistered urban nightmare.
—Minh Nguyen, Variety, 6 Aug. 2023
Though the last of the nuns left in 1912, there remains a sense of cloistered, meditative peace.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2023
Building on a series of oppositions — nature and culture, realism and romance, duty and freedom — O’Connor brings Emily the myth to vibrant life, persuasively suggesting that this ostensibly strange and cloistered genius came into being not despite her contradictions but through them.
—Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
Based on Spain’s first case of vampirism documented by the Catholic Church, a young woman is sent in 1755 to a cloistered monastery where several novices suffer a strange blood disease.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
Don’t expect to see the bakers though—the nuns remain cloistered and sell their wares from behind a rotating door.
—Nico Avalle, Bon Appétit, 21 Dec. 2022
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“Cloistered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloistered. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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