adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After her husband died Priscilla became very withdrawn and seldom left her home.
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He'd always been an unhappy, withdrawn little boy.
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Mike was silent and withdrawn that evening.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Active children tended to have been active, difficult babies, and passive children withdrawn babies, low in persistence.
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After it he'd become withdrawn and moody, his formerly friendly nature turning acerbic and harsh.
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Against the odds John succeeded in drawing her out of a withdrawn reaction.
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I had become withdrawn and at times very depressed which, of course, had repercussions on my family.
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Ian says from then on Robert has been a changed man - withdrawn and completely unapproachable.
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Staff were made redundant, the Secretary's stipend withdrawn and the Bond interest was first unpaid, then waived.
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Susan was beautiful in a grave, withdrawn way; but Breeze wasn't beautiful at all.
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Sylvie was no longer the withdrawn , slightly pitiable figure she had last seen in New York.