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Recent Examples of recluse
Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
This includes brown and black widows and brown recluse.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 June 2025
Now a recluse with only the company of a maid and a tutor, Kyle becomes infatuated with a former classmate, Lindy Taylor (Vanessa Hudgens).
—Francesca Gariano, People.com, 1 May 2025
Summit, June 10 Image So Far Gone by Jess Walter
Rhys Kinnick, a journalist and a recluse, is living off the grid in the woods near Spokane, Wash., when his grandchildren are kidnapped by thugs.
—Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Adjective
Even in the best of times the 31-year-old is a bit of a recluse, and rather shy.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
This includes brown and black widows and brown recluse.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 June 2025
Now a recluse with only the company of a maid and a tutor, Kyle becomes infatuated with a former classmate, Lindy Taylor (Vanessa Hudgens).
—Francesca Gariano, People.com, 1 May 2025
Summit, June 10 Image So Far Gone by Jess Walter
Rhys Kinnick, a journalist and a recluse, is living off the grid in the woods near Spokane, Wash., when his grandchildren are kidnapped by thugs.
—Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recluse
Noun
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Get Your Butt Outside: Since the pandemic, too many of us have been living like hermits, working from home and socializing from home.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
28 July 2025
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The order was born juridically in March 1244, when Pope Innocent IV united various groups of hermits in service to the Universal Church as a community of Mendicant Friars.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Her one visit to French Lick likely came around 1938 when the famously reclusive film star wanted to avoid newspaper reporters during her train’s Chicago layover.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
25 July 2025
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On the ground in the Russian border region of Kursk, where North Korean soldiers helped repel Ukraine’s incursion last year, the reclusive state’s soldiers are reportedly living in dugouts, fighting – and dying – alongside Russian troops.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
2 June 2024
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To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.—
Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Feb. 2024
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“Recluse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recluse. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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