noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hudson became a recluse after her husband's death.
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If you don't get out more, you're going to turn into a recluse .
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Old Mr Grimes was a bad-tempered recluse , rarely seen in the town.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He had been a recluse , completely isolated from the world, for the last ten years.
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He was a natural recluse who found all human relationships difficult.
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I became more and more of a recluse , avoiding our old haunts for fear of running into him.
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Many people become human relations victims over and over again without becoming hardened, insensitive or recluses.
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She turned into a recluse or something?
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The recluse is shy, only biting when threatened.
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They may owe their intact status to the fact that they belong to a recluse .