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Example sentences for: recluse

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Though the star had become a recluse, refusing to see his friends following the death of his wife, Gloria, he did keep up a telephone relationship with the Enquirer . In a series of interviews about his impending death he told the Enquirer that he would miss his children, but added, "It's time they started living their own lives and not have to worry about this old man."
"Squirrel Nutkin was a bitter, resentful recluse who secretly despised Twinkleberry and goaded Old Mr. Brown into violence, according to a collection of correspondence published by former lover Joyce Maynard."
Maybe Salinger should take a page from Thomas Pynchon, American letters' other famous recluse, who really wants to be left alone.
Although he has a gift for oratory, he is a recluse who hates crowds.
Salinger, Failed Recluse