cloistered

Example Sentences

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She picked Gita Kaur, whose grandmother had kept Gita virtually cloistered in the family house in Nairobi until she was 19.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Journalists who work for institutions are so cloistered and shut down at this point.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2025

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

Having acceded to her husband’s indulgent discipline throughout Ernest’s childhood and adolescence, Gunda now put her foot down, insisting that he attend St. Olaf College, a cloistered Lutheran institution in frigid Northfield, Minnesota.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik