How to Use reclusive in a Sentence
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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 -
The reclusive singer-songwriter scores a new win on the U.K. charts this week.
— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 -
Salinger, who died in 2010, lived a reclusive life in Cornish, N.H., and rarely spoke to the media.
— Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 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 -
Salinger, who died in 2010, lived a reclusive life in Cornish, New Hampshire, and rarely spoke to the media.
— Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2019 -
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 -
João Gilberto, the Brazilian artist who died on July 6 at the age of 88, spent his last decade of life more reclusive than ever.
— Antonio Carlos Miguel, Billboard, 16 July 2019 -
Don’t be aggressive with calling, rattling, or decoying since reclusive bucks rarely respond well to those aggressive tactics.
— Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024
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