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While some may find the prepackaged meals convenient, she says they encourage people to seclude themselves in their roomettes and discourage one-on-one time with other travelers at the dining table.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2019

Noren curtains in earth tones seclude diners from the busy street outside and from the kitchen.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 12, 2019

“I realised that if I was able to seclude myself and rest, the gentle high would progress into a dreamlike state where I would experience visions,” she writes in Period Power.

From The Guardian ● May 29, 2019

She suggested he seclude himself at Yaddo, the artists’ colony in upstate New York.

From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2017

Even the very poorest people seclude their wives; while soldiers on the march hang up blankets, sheets, and even rags to form a little enclosure for their wives at each halting place.

From Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It by Samuel Marinus Zwemer

They accuse Hans S of luring her into a secluded area beneath the fortress, known as the General von Aster room after a 19th-Century Prussian general.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Perched on a hilltop beneath the Aegibong Peace Ecopark observatory where telescopes peek into the secluded state, the shop has drawn tens of thousands from South Korea and abroad since opening in November 2024.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

“Middlemarch” or “Moby-Dick” may be such a secluded summer spot for a reader.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

And while the home does have neighboring properties on either side, high hedges and lush trees help to make it feel complete private, creating a kind of oasis that feels truly remote and secluded.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

He spent most of one Sunday spraying the basement and all secluded areas.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

My other concern is people are secluding their lives with people who either think like them or more extreme forms of it.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2023

“Yep, I’m watching Mr. Eldridge,” one scout says on the phone before secluding himself from earshot.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2023

Its next resident will find a private dock, tall trees secluding the pool and spa, and “an effortless, single level indoor/outdoor living experience.”

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2022

You see how they’re carrying themselves, if they’re secluding themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2020

He never discontinued the habit of secluding himself in his study for hours, sometimes for days, at a time, and there writing down his thoughts in painstaking penmanship.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin