How to Use reclusive in a Sentence

reclusive

adjective
  • The big cats are reclusive by nature, and most of them live in the Trans-Pecos desert area of West Texas.
    Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The reclusive Kimbrel once again has to face the media.
    Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • Now Andrew Ridgeley -- always the more reclusive half of the smash pop duo Wham! -- has found the words.
    Mara Reinstein, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • In the movie, Bono provides the voice of a reclusive rock & roll-singing lion named Clay Calloway.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Once the reclusive Bob Dylan signed on, a message went out.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
  • That said, Meredith might be Swift's most reclusive cat.
    Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The first book by the reclusive inventor of the world’s most iconic puzzle, the Rubik's Cube.
    Hope Reese, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Her reclusive life led to much speculation about the state of her health.
    Victor L. Simpson, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2022
  • This was the latest of some two-dozen North Korean tests this year, the most since Kim took over the reclusive regime more than a decade ago.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The reclusive and revered writer has not one but two new novels coming this fall.
    Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Since the start of this year, the reclusive billionaire has donated $140 million to the pro-Trump PAC.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The 700 miles of waterways are the turf of reclusive fishermen.
    Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2020
  • But once their reclusive hosts, an elderly couple, catches the guests in the act, and things get messy.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Mar. 2022
  • No Rangers owner in my time has been nearly as reclusive.
    Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Mullah Mohammad Omar, the reclusive one-eyed leader of the Taliban, had brought the village to the city.
    BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • And with that, Los Angeles lost its most reclusive star.
    Curbed, 19 Dec. 2022
  • His Netflix deal marked a major return for the once-reclusive star.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Steve Buscemi shows up as a reclusive scientist who helps the kids.
    Calum Marsh, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The once-reclusive star has indeed been more public in recent months.
    Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2021
  • Those clues send Alex on a quest to find the mysterious and reclusive Billy Knight.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 28 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • The reclusive architect should get off her hermit ass and build.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Sun Bears are reclusive and live an insular life in the dense lowland forests of Southeast Asia.
    Fox News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The model has changed, and this is why the often reclusive Angelos is eager to talk.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The reclusive leader al-Baghdadi was known to be close to one of his brothers, known by his nom de guerre Abu Hamza.
    Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Naturally, things soon begin to go bump in the night in the reclusive author's remote home.
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The move is a sign that the reclusive country is readying to reopen borders to bigger groups of foreign tourists after years of strict Covid border controls.
    Reuters, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024

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