hermit

The first were spartan nooks, just large enough to shelter one hermit from the elements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Wildlife enthusiast Fred, who had just turned six at the time of filming in the summer and autumn of 2024, enjoyed spotting scorpions, snakes, monkeys, monitor lizards, eagles, hermit crabs, geckos and flying lemurs.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Much less familiar is Guglielmo of Malavalle, a twelfth century hermit venerated by the Augustinians for defeating a dragon using a simple wooden staff shaped like a pitchfork.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026

And there's a deep-sea hermit crab, living not inside a shell, but a sea star the team can't immediately identify.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

In real life, I was nothing but an antisocial hermit.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

There are no desert hermits in our tradition, only moms and dads tending home fires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

“I can’t imagine turning into hermits and not enjoying making music,” Debbie Johnson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

There, some chose to dwell in solitude as hermits while others chose to build monasteries and live as part of communities of the faithful.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

The Taliban leaders have the same broad vision, but “in Kandahar, they’re hermits, they’re not involved in the day-to-day,” said Kugelman.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023

And the rain made hermits of us all.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green