cloistered
Example Sentences
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But inside the cloistered environs of the Christian right, it reads as tough.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
Journalists who work for institutions are so cloistered and shut down at this point.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2025
When Clara was alive and Alba was still a child, the big house on the comer was a cloistered world in which she grew up protected even from her own nightmares.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
