How to Use reclusive in a Sentence

reclusive

adjective

• For one thing, the inland taipan is very reclusive.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• The story follows a reclusive man who lives in a remote house by the sea.
  — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
• Not for the reclusive, the Met Gala is the hottest ticket in town.
  — Vogue, 7 May 2018
• The reclusive and revered writer has not one but two new novels coming this fall.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022
• Her reclusive life led to much speculation about the state of her health.
  — Victor L. Simpson, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2022
• Cass aims to cash in on the plan to sell the book to a reclusive video game developer.
  — Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• The once-reclusive star has indeed been more public in recent months.
  — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2021
• The reclusive architect should get off her hermit ass and build.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
• Queiroz has led the reclusive nation to the World Cup not once, but twice.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 19 June 2018
• Warner, who is known for being reclusive, was at home at the time of the attack but not harmed.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 28 May 2025
• Take the reclusive ogre-faced spider, with its large fangs and bulging, oversized middle eyes.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 Oct. 2017
• Steve Buscemi shows up as a reclusive scientist who helps the kids.
  — Calum Marsh, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2023
• The reclusive state blasted road and rail links with South Korea this week.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
• His Netflix deal marked a major return for the once-reclusive star.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
• Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex–movie star and one of the most famous women in the world.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
• Less than a month ago, the council imposed its stiffest sanctions so far on the reclusive nation.
  — Jennifer Peltz, The Seattle Times, 3 Sep. 2017
• Having such a large fossil deposit like this could help explain more about their reclusive lives.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 June 2026
• The book ends with Cantrell heading off toward Maine to restart his reclusive life.
  — Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026
• But once their reclusive hosts, an elderly couple, catches the guests in the act, and things get messy.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Mar. 2022
• The Mediterranean recluse spider is a cousin to the brown recluse spider, but is even more reclusive.
  — Rebekah Riess and Leah Asmelash, CNN, 23 Feb. 2021
• Glaser said to the famously reclusive megastar.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Jan. 2026
• This is something most states, let alone a reclusive one like North Korea, would find hard to accept.
  — Patricia Kim, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2018
• What happens when a reclusive seabird is spooked by a close encounter with a low-flying Navy Growler jet?
  — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 7 Sep. 2019
• As more and more birders gathered to see the bird, the animal became more reclusive and hid in a mesquite thicket.
  — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
• The model has changed, and this is why the often reclusive Angelos is eager to talk.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• That year, the reclusive poet was persuaded to give his début public reading, at the age of sixty-five.
  — Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
• The film follows an unlikely angel who is sent from heaven to convince a reclusive man to give up his life for the greater good.
  — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 13 May 2026
• In the six-year break between shows, Castle became even more reclusive and unstable.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 May 2026
• The film follows a reclusive healer with the gift of restoring voices lost to a mythical river siren.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
• Not necessarily reclusive perhaps, but just private, as much of us are.
  — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025