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Six example sentences with recluse, each labelled with its topic.
Emily Dickinson became such a recluse that neighbors knew her handwriting far better than they knew her face.
Literature
The company's founder is a famous recluse who has given one interview in twenty years and answers no email.
Technology
The painter worked as a recluse in a hut on the moor and sent canvases to the gallery by post.
Art
Spinoza lived nearly as a recluse, grinding lenses in a rented room and seeing only a few trusted friends.
Philosophy
The pianist became a recluse at forty, playing only in a studio he built and releasing records by mail.
Music
The billionaire investor lived as a recluse in a Nevada hotel and ran his empire through memos slipped under the door.
Finance
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