How to Use reclusive in a Sentence

reclusive

adjective

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• And with that, Los Angeles lost its most reclusive star.
  — Curbed, 19 Dec. 2022
• Steve Buscemi shows up as a reclusive scientist who helps the kids.
  — Calum Marsh, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2023
• Those clues send Alex on a quest to find the mysterious and reclusive Billy Knight.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 28 Sep. 2022
• 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 person who has never had many friends does not usually thrive in these places.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• Shy, reclusive, androgynous, Eli happens to be a vampire, one linked to a string of deaths in town.
  — Lesley Finn, Longreads, 7 July 2022
• This was the reclusive Ocean’s first major live performance since 2017.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 17 Apr. 2023
• Even the famously reclusive Kate Bush speaks, though off-camera.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2022
• Owen plays an reclusive billionaire who invites a group of guests to a remote retreat where one is soon found dead.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2023
• Since this reclusive artist died in 1973, his landlords have controlled work left behind in his apartment.
  — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
• Our family has enjoyed the reclusive tiny island located across the bay on the edge of the state for several years.
  — Clinton S. Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2022
• But out of the limelight, some of the area’s most reclusive inhabitants are still facing dangers in the burn’s aftermath.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
• While not quite as reclusive as Thomas Pynchon, McCarthy gave no readings and no blurbs for the jackets of other writers’ books.
  — Dwight Garner, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
• LaValle sets the novella in 1920's Harlem and focuses on a Black hustler who meets a reclusive millionaire who enlists him in a dark scheme.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 24 Oct. 2022
• The couple welcomed their son, David, while living in the Catskills, and lived intentionally reclusive lives as the child was born out of wedlock.
  — Curbed, 30 Sep. 2022
• Pearl, the reclusive older woman who takes an interest in the scandalous goings-on.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2022
• Outside the attempt on his life, Glock lived a mostly reclusive life at his estate in Vienna.
  — Jay Caruso, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
• Kim Jong Un is the third member of his family to rule the unpredictable and reclusive communist state of North Korea.
  — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2022
• Over a fifth of the people surveyed said that the pandemic played a significant role in their reclusive lifestyle.
  — Theara Coleman, The Week, 24 Apr. 2023
• One of his targets, the rare and reclusive Schneider’s pitta, eluded him on a previous attempt in 1993.
  — Joe Trezza, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• In a last-ditch effort to take back control of their lives, Hazel and Gus travel to Amsterdam with the hopes of meeting the reclusive author of Hazel's favorite book.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 11 Nov. 2022
• Likewise, private rentals can offer a more reclusive place to connect with team members.
  — Tracey Sawyer, Forbes, 29 June 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024