in seclusion

idiom

: away from other people
After his wife died he lived in seclusion.

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Before she was first questioned by police, Hemme was in seclusion and physically restrained. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 19 June 2024 Ono, who is ninety-one and lives in seclusion in upstate New York, declined to comment. Jay Fielden, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024 Part of the resort’s inherent appeal is in seclusion, but civilization isn’t too far off. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2023 An earlier effort between 2010 and 2013 had failed because the conditions were not ripe: the White House was occupied with other issues, negotiating teams were not in place, and Mullah Omar, the Taliban’s leader, was in seclusion—and then died in 2013. Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020 See all Example Sentences for in seclusion 

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“In seclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20seclusion. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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