hermitage

Example Sentences

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The manuscript opens with the life of Giovanni of Florence, who built the Augustinian hermitage of Santa Lucia in Larniano with help from local farmers.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

An L.A. artist whose work I want in every room of my home: My decor is very simple and minimal because I like my home to feel like a hermitage.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

The south peak of Sceilg Mhichíl is 218m high and was used as a hermitage by monks, with the 183m-high lower peak containing the main monastic site.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2022

“Seven Steeples” is an account of hermitage, of Bell and Sigh, a young couple hiding in a dilapidated, wind-struck house on the Irish coast.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2022

His first night in the hermitage was, deliberately, a sleepless one.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley