hermit
noun
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
hermit-like
-
a word derived from
hermit.
Example Sentences
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She also inspired a 2011 HBO pilot that starred Diane Keaton as a hermit-like reporter named Tilda Watski.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2022
As a young man in Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Jones was far from the hermit-like figure he became.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2020
The long-retired, periodically hermit-like subject makes for a lively participant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2017
It feels significant that Ocean, a hermit-like musician, who, despite the major impact of this release, is still unknown in many circles, managed to wrangle such an impressive guest list.
From The Verge ● Aug. 22, 2016
It is an odd hermit-like life in the small circuit of our little Holmhurst, with one or two guests constantly changing in its chambers, but no other intercourse with the outside world.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
