secluded
adjective
se·clud·ed
si-ˈklü-dəd 
1
: screened or hidden from view : sequestered
a secluded valley
secludedly
adverb
secludedness
noun
Examples of secluded in a Sentence
We looked for a secluded spot in the park to have our picnic.
we stayed in a secluded resort, far away from the regular tourist crowds
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Drug traffickers moved into Cancún in the late 1990s, buying up mansions for themselves and using the secluded coasts of the state, Quintana Roo, to receive boatloads of Colombian cocaine.
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Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
The neighborhood/area The resort is in an incredibly secluded pocket of Rancho Mirage, a city in the Greater Palm Springs area, about 20 minutes from the Palm Springs airport.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
Off the guest apartment is a walkout to a secluded rose garden.
—Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
Geer was forcibly dragged down the alley to a secluded area adjacent to an apartment building and behind a fence where she was raped and strangled to death using her own shorts, according to prosecutors.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
The neighborhood/area The resort is in an incredibly secluded pocket of Rancho Mirage, a city in the Greater Palm Springs area, about 20 minutes from the Palm Springs airport.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
Off the guest apartment is a walkout to a secluded rose garden.
—Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
Geer was forcibly dragged down the alley to a secluded area adjacent to an apartment building and behind a fence where she was raped and strangled to death using her own shorts, according to prosecutors.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for secluded
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“Secluded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secluded. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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