HERMITAGE in a Sentence

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1. Even in his remote hermitage he could not escape completely from the world.
2. This cabin was his hermitage until the winter snows penned him in his cave.

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 Meanings and Examples of HERMITAGE
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hermitage
 n.  place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
Classic Sentence:
1  Good brother," replied the inhabitant of the hermitage, "it has pleased Our Lady and St Dunstan to destine me for the object of those virtues, instead of the exercise thereof.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
2  To be your wife and live in Paris would be heaven to me; but I would rather live with you in a hermitage here than not be yours at all.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
3  But such as is my hermitage, it is at your disposal; such as is my supper, it is yours to share, if you will.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
4  This cabin was his hermitage until the winter snows penned him in his cave.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
Example Sentence:
1  Even in his remote hermitage he could not escape completely from the world.