Sentence examples for reclusive figure from inspiring English sources

Humperdinck was by no means a shadowy or reclusive figure.

Simmons has become something of a reclusive figure.

But even within Strichen she is a reclusive figure.

Mother Mary, a reclusive figure even within her order, governed the sisters until her death.

If Mr. Karimov was a gray, reclusive figure, his older daughter and once-presumed heir was anything but.

I guess I was looking for a way to defuse the situation.' Simmons has become something of a reclusive figure.

Once a far-flung hideaway for honeymooners and reclusive figures like Marlon Brando, this French Polynesian island is now surprisingly accessible, thanks to new airline routes from the United States and a wave of luxury resorts opening this year.

Namuth focused on his rapport with his subjects, getting many reclusive figures such as Clyfford Still to agree to be photographed.

The story of Scott Walker, the oracular singer, experimental composer, British-based American expatriate and reclusive cult figure whose career is profiled in Stephen Kijak's worshipful documentary, "Scott Walker: 30 Century Man," adheres to a familiar rock 'n' roll template.

"Rock 'n' Roll" is bookended by two haunting images of collapse: that of Syd Barrett, one of the founders of Pink Floyd, who suffered a mental breakdown in the late sixties, and who features in the play as a reclusive offstage figure living (as the real Barrett did until his death earlier this month) in Cambridge; and that of the Iron Curtain.

Perhaps they yearn for recognition -- actually, strike that "perhaps"; even as reclusive a figure as Emily Dickinson sent her poetry (a little bit of it, anyway) into the world to ask if it "breathed".