The writer is either a practising recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one; or both. Usually both. From LearnThat.org. [Susan Sontag (1933 - 2004) American writer of essays, short stories, novels and screenplays and a film director.]
No need to be "disturbed", not sure why I used the word recluse, but you're right it was the wrong term to use. From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
At the end of three months he was known as the recluse or. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Trail and Town] Reference
Joon-ho Bong's story of a recluse is the best of the three by some lengths. From Wordnik.com. [Kenneth Hite's Journal] Reference
He at once had spoken of his father, and called the recluse to witness to the facts. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
Without a woman, man's life was pitiful — the life of the recluse was a proof of that. From Wordnik.com. [NOVELS-NOVELS] Reference
Rolle the hermit, or Margaret Kirkby the recluse, that is the plain teaching of these plain-speaking pages. From Wordnik.com. [The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises] Reference
In a short time after the birth of Winona, the wife sickened and died, and once more the recluse was alone. From Wordnik.com. [Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest] Reference
One of the things about it, it's called a recluse spider because it typically comes out in the dark or at night. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2008] Reference
Such was the being who, from her habitation, was called the recluse, and from her sackcloth garment, the sachette. From Wordnik.com. [III. The Story of a Wheaten Cake. Book VI] Reference
A He was described as a recluse, who sometimes wore women's dresses in public, the newspaper said, citing neighbours. From Wordnik.com. [National Nine News] Reference
Though she hasn't made a film in 30 years and is often described as a recluse, Bardot, now 68, never really exits the spotlight here. From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: The strange case of Brigitte Bardot] Reference
She married the director Robert Day and was called a "recluse" by her local paper. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Provine, Flapper and Outlaw, Dies] Reference
Moore is often described as a recluse, but, really, I think it’s more precise to say he simply is too busy at his writing desk. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Moore Has No Hoorays for Hollywood | Disinformation] Reference
You don't mean "recluse," you mean seclusiveness or solitude. From Wordnik.com. [The Cranky Flier] Reference
In 1815, Mrs. George Mumford, "recluse," had a school in Rowan. From Wordnik.com. [North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840 A Documentary History] Reference
Shannon: Dean gives "recluse" the style and class it has long been missing. From Wordnik.com. [A Motley Vision] Reference
Anyway, this "recluse" isn't sure whether he wants to accept the prize money. From Wordnik.com. [Greensboring? Greensboro, NC]
She said Sellers, a Utah native, was an unemployed "recluse" with no known associates in town. From Wordnik.com. [billingsgazette.com] Reference
"He was described as a recluse who sometimes wore women's clothing and enjoyed watching war films. From Wordnik.com. [Warren Ellis] Reference
Robert Pattinson's fame has forced him into hiding - he has turned into a "recluse" since hitting the big time. From Wordnik.com. [TeenMusic.com News, Gossip & Interviews] Reference
I find it rather disturbing that Fifi Geldof is labelled a 'recluse' just because she doesn't live her life in Heat magazine. From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
I'm pretty tickled by the idea that the DSM, which postdates the word "recluse" by many centuries, is the arbiter of meaning. From Wordnik.com. [PoetryFoundation.org] Reference
In his retirement, as a "recluse," he was more influential than he could ever have been as administrator of a worldly diocese. From Wordnik.com. [Paideia] Reference
Regardless of whether Pynchon and his sequestered ilk embrace the term "recluse," they've invested in their brands by making them scarce. From Wordnik.com. [Esquire.com Article Feed] Reference
'recluse' just because she doesn't live her life in Heat magazine. From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
Like that legendary recluse, Malick is largely invisible. From Wordnik.com. [20-Year Fadeout] Reference
In recent decades, Charles proved something of a recluse. From Wordnik.com. [See You Later, Bobby Charles] Reference
The other, Christabel LaMotte, is a recluse who lived with another woman. From Wordnik.com. [Why Byatt Possesses] Reference
He lived in retirement, almost a recluse, in La Charente, rarely visiting Paris. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
More surprising, Poe has been playing the recluse, shunning the media for months. From Wordnik.com. [Race To The Finish In The Philippines] Reference
Maybe she's a frail recluse or an eight-year-old bully or a fire-breathing dragon. From Wordnik.com. [Tara Sophia Mohr: 5 Ways to Slay Your Fears] Reference
For the last 30 years, he lived as a recluse in his hometown of Cambridge, England. From Wordnik.com. [Musician Syd Barrett Dies at Age 60] Reference
It's one thing to have a relative or a spouse with investments and recluse yourself. From Wordnik.com. [The Skeletons In Frist's Closet] Reference
I shall have had neither lover nor husband, I shall be nothing, a recluse, a prisoner. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Shawn was hardly a recluse: he threw parties at which he played creditable jazz piano. From Wordnik.com. [A Lover Of The Long Shot] Reference
Pessoa might have died a recluse, but if you read his book, he'll be your good friend. From Wordnik.com. ['Book Of Disquiet' Reveals A Reclusive Author's Soul] Reference
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