So how do you find a middle ground between fame and reclusiveness?

The band called off the tour and all the members went into reclusiveness.

Those who don't like his music might find in its reclusiveness a certain ostentation.

His modesty and reclusiveness make him seem a person people can trust in.

Here he often worked with artists who showed infrequently, or were known for a certain reclusiveness.

Mitchell's reclusiveness did not allow him to agree to having his portrait painted.

Neighbors said the Fowlers were quiet almost to the point of reclusiveness.

Yet his retirement plans have nothing to do with reclusiveness or waning technique.

The loss seemed to increase his growing reclusiveness.

"My brother's refusal to see, speak, or even write to me, their reclusiveness, the fact that he sent you away.

The exception to this reclusiveness was the musical Tuesday evenings he held after his return to music in the 1870s and 80s.

His friend had tended towards secrecy and reclusiveness at the time, before disappearing completely.

In general, however, his last years in England were marked by increasing reclusiveness.

Mr. Handler's relative personal reclusiveness, however, is about to change big time.

When even reclusiveness is increasingly considered an affectation, why should a policeman-blogger like Night think himself above being named?

Ligotti's relative anonymity and reclusiveness led to speculation about his identity.

Neglect was exacerbated by his own increasing reclusiveness and hostility to the learned societies.

The story concerns a common problem in Japan known as hikikomori, a problem of social reclusiveness.

She watched him slouch down the hall, then turned to her own far chamber and habitual reclusiveness.

She reminisces about her life over a forty-year period, the latter part of which has been spent in reclusiveness.

(available as a free download) The album is about a persons descent into total reclusiveness.

Horning described the king's growing reclusiveness, obsessiveness, and fits of rage.

Then Matheson researched her life and was struck by her reclusiveness.

The magazine, which had been self-effacing to the point of reclusiveness, suddenly was brilliantly packaged and promoted.

In later life his bashfulness verged toward reclusiveness, and he rarely left the state of New York.