shut-ins

plural of shut-in

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut-ins
Noun
  • The cautious hermits of the KMT do not attempt to forecast the future.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Many of us became hermits when COVID-19 ravaged our sense of normalcy, and some still haven’t quite gotten back into the swing of in-person dating.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Though expert hikers can make the round trip in a day, many take up to three, granting extra time to float in swimming holes, scope out waterfalls, and take in the hanging valleys and lush forests pouring into the sea.
    Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Jungfrau Region is situated in southwest Switzerland, in the Bernese Highlands, which is known for its glacial lakes, waterfalls, and stunning valleys.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But something is definitely afoul; the corpses of pilgrims wound in silk clutter the hollows and even the ones that still live are either sad or flat-out nuts.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Brown recluses can survive for months without food or water, making pest elimination ineffective for control.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Trapdoor spiders, black widows, recluses.
    T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Flash flooding will be particular concern in burn scars, slot canyons and urban areas, according to the weather service.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • That means the night skies in and around Capitol Reef are especially protected from star-obscuring light, so this playground of cliffs, arches, and canyons has some of the best stargazing in the country.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Apart from the gorges and cliffs, the area features beautiful waterfalls and rock shelters.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The Gates of Lodore trip, as it’s known, will cover 44 miles through three dramatic gorges—Lodore, Whirlpool, and Split Mountain—and two dozen mostly mild rapids in this remote, geologic wonderland along the Colorado-Utah border.
    John Briley, Outside, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Michael Anderson, executive director of the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance, said with results from Senjem in hand, landowners will be able to take action to stop sediment from ravines on their properties.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Every year in the early fall, along the riverbanks and ravines of the Southeast coast, pawpaws begin to show up in the understory.
    Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This invisible, climate-polluting gas can escape into the water through fissures in the sea floor, often revealing itself with a stream of bubbles weaving their way up to the ocean surface.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Johanon's remarks centered on the fissures in society.
    Detroit Free Press staff, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Shut-ins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut-ins. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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