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• Despite its name, the hermit crab is not a true crab!From the entry crab
• The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit.From the entry barren
• The old hermit, up in the mountains, took a vow of silence.From the entry vow
• A hermit doesn't much care for civilization.From the entry civilization
• It feels strange to be back on my usual commute, after so long being a house hermit.2021, Mary Hargreaves, Enough Already. From the entry house hermit
• You better remember denying me later when you're trying to hide the bald-headed hermit.2011, Saranna DeWylde, How to Lose a Demon in 10 Days. From the entry bald-headed hermit
• Crusaders were kings, lords, wretches, children, women, weaponsmen, churchmen, hermits, harlots, adventurers.1974, Lauran Paine, Saladin; a man for all ages, page 13. From the entry weaponsman
• They have hooted at the devils, shouted with laughter over the stupidities and shrewdities of the hermit.1928, Sheldon Cheney, Edith Juliet Rich Isaacs, Theatre arts magazine: Volume 12. From the entry shrewdity
• Preppers are keen not to be seen as survivalists – the stereotypically anti-government, wood-dwelling, gun-toting hermits of past decades.2010 March 26, Madeleine Morris, “Americans get set for disaster day”, in BBC News. From the entry prepper
• Let the strong surfict as they like; but knowledge should not belong to mc A true hermit is the sheep.1989, Bagar: A Magazine of Contemporary Writing - Volume 8. From the entry bewoven
• Near Namur on the Meuse he describes a hermits' lodge carved in stone with the internal movable contrivance representing the Passion.1989, Sven-Olof Lindquist, Birgitta Radhe, Economy and Culture in the Baltic, 1650-1700. From the entry begrieve
• Unless you are a hermit or a jerk yourself, you must know that jerkism is one of society's major irritants, and it has been increasing.2014, Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997. From the entry jerkism
• But I doubt even the most devoted Zephead is pining to relive the days when Jimmy Page dressed up like a hermit with dandruff.2007 December, Brian Raftery, “Led Astray”, in Spin, page 140. From the entry Zephead
• The Buddhist bible tells this story of Buddha’s time of temptation when he was living as a hermit on the Mount of Snow.1925, Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto, A Daughter of the Samurai, page 76. From the entry bible
• But unlike a similar annotation, it has not been turned into a chapter title because the annotation “de quodam hermita” (Of a certain hermit) immediately preceded it.2017, Joshua Byron Smith, Walter Map and the Matter of Britain, page 67. From the entry chapter
• The world was getting smaller and smaller and he had a feeling he was soon gonna be a house hermit, trapped indoors with books and the T.V.1990, Spectrum, volume 32, page 29. From the entry house hermit
• In the U.S., Akers would like to see all hermit crabs legally reclassified as exotic pets, like an alligator or an ocelot, so their sale and ownership could be regulated.2025 August 19, Melissa Scott Sinclair, “Consider the Hermit Crab”, in Slate. From the entry hermit crab

Meaning of hermit

1. noun A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
2. noun A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
3. noun A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.

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How do you use hermit in a sentence?

Hermit is used as a noun. For example: “Despite its name, the hermit crab is not a true crab!”

What is a short sentence with hermit?

“A hermit doesn't much care for civilization.”

What does hermit mean?

Hermit means a religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.