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For that matter, Reading, and possibly other large towns, were within that radius, so the place might not be so secluded, after all.

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 Meanings and Examples of SECLUDED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
secluded
 a.  removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
Classic Sentence:
1  About half a mile below Clym's secluded dwelling lay a hamlet where lived one of the two constables who preserved the peace in the parish of Alderworth, and Wildeve went straight to the constable's cottage.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 4 Rough Coercion Is Employed
2  A certain secluded spot near Rainbarrow was, she knew, often Venn's chosen centre when staying in this neighbourhood; and she guessed at once that she had stumbled upon this mysterious retreat.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
3  For that matter, Reading, and possibly other large towns, were within that radius, so the place might not be so secluded, after all.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
4  A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
5  The smallest boy or the most secluded grandam could tell you whether No.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  For some time past, though at intervals only, the unaccompanied, secluded White Whale had haunted those uncivilized seas mostly frequented by the Sperm Whale fishermen.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
7  He imagined secluded spots where he could fall and be unmolested.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
8  My life had hitherto been remarkably secluded and domestic, and this had given me invincible repugnance to new countenances.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
9  While I was overcome by these feelings, I left the spot where I had committed the murder, and seeking a more secluded hiding-place, I entered a barn which had appeared to me to be empty.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
10  de Villefort has secluded himself.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 109. The Assizes.
11  To be sure, it would have been more for the advantage of conversation had Miss Lydia Bennet come upon the town; or, as the happiest alternative, been secluded from the world, in some distant farmhouse.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 50
12  The two men went along some tortuous passages and up a dark staircase and came to a secluded room where one of the stewards was uncorking bottles for a few gentlemen.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
13  It was the third time that day that, with an ecstatic and artless smile, she had met him in secluded passages.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVIII
14  It was in the midst of the great bulk of the Negro population, and was rather secluded, being five miles from the main line of railroad, with which it was connected by a short line.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII.
15  At one moment she was absolutely indifferent to the observation of all the world, at another she would seclude herself from it for ever, and at a third could resist it with energy.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
Example Sentence:
1  We need build a secluded structure, such as a bower, in our garden.
2  The nuns lived a secluded life in the cloister.
3  Female deer leave their fawns in secluded spots while they forage for food.
4  Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place.
5  We were tucked away in a secluded corner of the room.
6  Seven mental health nurses and one doctor were each interviewed within 48 hours of making the decision to seclude a patient.