cloistered

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday, Homeboy Industries acquired the Monastery of the Angels, a hidden oasis in the Hollywood Hills where cloistered Dominican nuns lived for nearly 90 years before vacating the site in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

He was born into the cloistered art world as the son of a German Jewish art dealer who fled Berlin in the 1930s and restarted his business in London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

A vast blaze has torn through the historic Bernaga Monastery in northern Italy, the Italian fire service said Sunday, forcing the evacuation of 22 cloistered nuns.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

Yet his work has never stayed cloistered within academia.

From Salon • May 28, 2025

He supposed Ron and Hermione were cloistered in the prefects’ carriage, but Ginny was a little way along the corridor, chatting to some friends.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling