How to Use recluse in a Sentence

recluse

noun
  • My neighbor is a recluse—I only see him about once a year.
  • What does a brown recluse look like?
    — Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2025
  • What does a brown recluse bite look and feel like?
    — Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In most cases, when there’s one recluse there are dozens, if not more.
    — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
  • There is no proof that anyone has ever died from a brown recluse.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
  • As the name suggests, the recluse is avoidant of people.
    — Eva Flowe may 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026
  • This includes brown and black widows and brown recluse.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This includes brown and black widows and brown recluse.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
  • To identify a brown recluse, look for six eyes arranged in pairs.
    — Emilia Benton, Women's Health, 30 June 2023
  • The six-eyed sand spider is a cousin to the recluses which are found worldwide.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • She is returned to her father, a rich recluse who is made more eccentric by grief.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2019
  • Sometimes locking horns with a recluse becomes a challenge of the wills.
    — Womensmedia, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • In fact, many widow and recluse bites are dry, meaning no venom is released.
    — Eva Flowe may 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026
  • There is an antidote for recluse bites, but severe ulcers may need surgery.
    — Eva Flowe may 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026
  • Reactions to bites from a brown recluse, like any spider or insect, can vary.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The recluse is often a quarter to half inch in size, with a brown marking on the abdomen.
    — Eva Flowe may 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026
  • The brown recluse is one of the few species capable of a harmful, tissue-killing bite.
    — C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2017
  • But Lee, long a recluse, played to character and didn’t bother to show up.
    — Harold Jackson, Philly.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • While most spiders are harmless, species such as the black widow and brown recluse can pose health risks due to their bites.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
  • As for those rumors about the actress being a recluse in Paris in her later years?
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Their venom is not very dangerous to humans, unlike that of a brown recluse.
    — Caroline Blackmon, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2018
  • The villagers start blaming the recluse ‘witch’ of the village who is known to practice black magic.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The villagers start blaming the recluse ‘witch’ of the village who is known to practice black magic.
    — William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The Mediterranean recluse spider is a cousin to the brown recluse spider, but is even more reclusive.
    — Rebekah Riess and Leah Asmelash, CNN, 23 Feb. 2021
  • After many years as a recluse and ne’er-do-well, Axl Rose has become a road warrior.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The maximum life expectancy for a brown recluse is a maximum of four years.
    — al, 28 June 2022
  • So my grandma is similar to Leonor in many ways, but not in the way that Leonor is a sad recluse.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • There are basically two spiders in this part of the country that can hurt ― brown recluse and black widow.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 2 June 2020
  • How to identify The legs of a brown recluse span roughly the size of a quarter to a half-dollar.
    — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Emily is not the shy, timid recluse of her mythology, but a bold, brave, and ambitious writer.
    — Emily Layden, Town & Country, 27 Feb. 2021

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