How to Use reclusive in a Sentence

reclusive

adjective
Definition of reclusivenext
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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The model has changed, and this is why the often reclusive Angelos is eager to talk.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Bono is playing Clay Calloway, a reclusive lion who gave up the rock and roll lifestyle.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • High on a hilltop in Montauk is this reclusive retreat.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2021
  • In the present day, Annie Adams has been summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Even the famously reclusive Kate Bush speaks, though off-camera.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2022
  • A number of things help explain the CEO’s reclusive tendencies.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 18 June 2024
  • 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
  • But their hopes hinge on finding and convincing a reclusive lion rock legend voiced by Bono to join them.
    — cleveland, 15 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • The reclusive but powerful commander has led Hamas’s armed wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, for more than two decades.
    — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
  • The agreement was sealed at a summit in Pyongyang during a rare visit by Putin to the reclusive nuclear-armed state as both countries face growing confrontations with the West.
    — Stella Kim, NBC News, 19 June 2024

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