How to Use reclusive in a Sentence

reclusive

adjective

• Queiroz has led the reclusive nation to the World Cup not once, but twice.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 19 June 2018
• 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
• Some Ethiopians in the north near the border with Eritrea, one of the world's most reclusive nations, have protested the embrace of the peace deal.
  — Elias Meseret, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2018
• Some Ethiopians in the north near the border with Eritrea, one of the world’s most reclusive nations, have protested the embrace of the peace deal.
  — Elias Meseret, USA TODAY, 23 June 2018
• 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
• Holy men hand out blessings, gurus dispense sermons to their disciples, and pilgrims have the chance to be in the presence of normally reclusive ascetics.
  — Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025