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Recent Examples of shut-in
The filmmaker hatched the project before the COVID-19 pandemic, but somehow failed to consider that audiences have had their fill of claustrophobic shut-in stories.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Arlo, though, is absent and presumed dead, and Naoise’s mom (Simone Kirby) has become a shut-in.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
Solomon wants Fizz to be a place for an online meet-cute or where frat boys and dorm shut-ins find common ground through the sale of a used textbook—an oasis for community that is as functional as it is feel-good.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 July 2024
These are among the least bellicose films A24 has ever released: dramas about sensitive oily-cake salesmen, frustrated ceramicists, lonely shut-ins, and boys who love horses.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
Who, besides incels and shut-ins, wants to spend all day talking to chatbots?
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 9 May 2024
For many, many years by then, my mother had lived mostly as a shut-in, able to walk but very unsteadily; my father used their home’s three front porch steps to keep her indoors.
—Sarah Stankorb, Longreads, 9 May 2024
With his zeal for Jesus sweaters and his living-room church organ, Bernie plays the bumbling househusband to his successful businesswoman wife Eva (Alicia Silverstone), and father to his diligent scientist son Adam (Walt Klink) and moody shut-in daughter Sarah (Gaite Jansen).
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
Caitlin Jett, a spokesperson for Newton County Sheriff’s Office, declined to say whether another shut-in was planned last year.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 30 Oct. 2023
Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Arlo, though, is absent and presumed dead, and Naoise’s mom (Simone Kirby) has become a shut-in.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
Solomon wants Fizz to be a place for an online meet-cute or where frat boys and dorm shut-ins find common ground through the sale of a used textbook—an oasis for community that is as functional as it is feel-good.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 July 2024
These are among the least bellicose films A24 has ever released: dramas about sensitive oily-cake salesmen, frustrated ceramicists, lonely shut-ins, and boys who love horses.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
Who, besides incels and shut-ins, wants to spend all day talking to chatbots?
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 9 May 2024
For many, many years by then, my mother had lived mostly as a shut-in, able to walk but very unsteadily; my father used their home’s three front porch steps to keep her indoors.
—Sarah Stankorb, Longreads, 9 May 2024
With his zeal for Jesus sweaters and his living-room church organ, Bernie plays the bumbling househusband to his successful businesswoman wife Eva (Alicia Silverstone), and father to his diligent scientist son Adam (Walt Klink) and moody shut-in daughter Sarah (Gaite Jansen).
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
Caitlin Jett, a spokesperson for Newton County Sheriff’s Office, declined to say whether another shut-in was planned last year.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 30 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut-in
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And all Holly has to do is pull a little con on ’80s starlet Mariah McKay (Turner), a rich recluse who has faded into a Norma Desmond-like obscurity.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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So why is ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ – the pseudonym adopted by the inventor of Bitcoin Bitcoin -2.3% and the blockchain – such a resolute recluse?Sandy Carter, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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About three-fourths of an inch was expected to fall over the North Bay coastal areas on Monday, while the North Bay valley areas might see up to half an inch in precipitation.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The road turned inland and ran through the shade of a valley in the hills.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Harrelson has a small but impressively loony role as a crazed hermit who claims to anyone who will listen that the end of days is here.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 July 2024
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His exhortations are driven by a cynical bluster, a loss of faith in mankind; that seems to be the real reason that he’s abandoned Germany to live as a tropical hermit.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
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But there's a good chance every bite of the nation’s orange obsession has its origins in the same spot: Morton, a sleepy hollow outside Peoria, Illinois that touts itself as the pumpkin capital of the world.John Riley, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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One hallmark of a Rooney protagonist, after all, is the kind of willful disappearance—into an affair, into BDSM, into friendship, or, indeed, into the hollows of one’s own body—that fat people are rarely afforded.Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
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For all of her eclectic outfits and wild antics, Lady Gaga thinks of herself as a homebody at heart.Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2024
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Read the full Libra Daily Horoscope Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) Channeling your inner homebody?USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2024
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Why should only suffering be a vale of soul-making, why shouldn’t the soul be made of this moment, too, this unremarkable moment, remember this.Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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The property is nestled on some 3,654 acres of pristine hills, vales and fields in southeast San Jose.George Avalos, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2024
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The glen runs straight through the distillery in an earth-floor warehouse, granting it instant exposure to its naturally abundant environment.Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
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Beyond the loch itself, guests can head out on foot to explore the hills and glens of The Trossachs National Park.Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK, theweek, 25 June 2024
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The message advised residents to steer clear of typically dry gorges or canals due to the risk of sudden flooding.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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The national park was dedicated during a ceremony on Oct. 23 on the rim of one of its spectacular gorges.Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Shut-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut-in. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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