Sample sentences for INTROVERT

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Definition

someone who is uncomfortable interacting with strangers

He is an introvert by nature

He was quiet and introverted as a child, but his thoughts and feelings flowed freely when writing.
I think she's too introverted for a sales job.
one of the weak kids, high honor student, but shy, introverted, always reading, his eyes red-rimmed behind the glasses.
Robert Cormier -- The Chocolate War

introverted = uncomfortable interacting with strangers

The meek shall inherit the earth? Well... I don't think so. If by meek you mean friendly and introverted, okay maybe, but if by meek you mean unwilling to take a chance, then never.
Jim Coudal
He's an introvert and needs more alone time than his wife.
This waiting is introverted, uneven, almost backward and shy, tending toward silence.
Don DeLillo -- White Noise
She was introverted and eccentric, and she had no friends.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
"introverted" and "flimsy."
Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
"Well, was she quite introverted and a little dorky and she'd had one boyfriend when she was seven who dumped her?"
John Green -- An Abundance of Katherines
He seemed very introverted, almost cold.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
My sense of humor had always measured up to everyone else's; but timid, introverted me, I showed it sparingly: I was a smiler.
Jerry Spinelli -- Stargirl
To desire too much, to think oneself unfit— Not a circle, a spiral inward (introversion) to a madness of cool objectivity.
John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues

(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)

An introvert, Grant is pained by the attention and stares.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
It was his sister, eventually, who kept him from despair, another kind of voice, a woman marooned in introversion, only oddly loving.
Don DeLillo -- Underworld

He was weak and introverted and melancholy, but he could also be delightful and enthusiastic.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Willed introversion, in fact, is one of the classic implements of creative genius and can be employed as a deliberate device.
Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces

He grows quiet, introverted.
Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey
Our age is bewailed as the age of Introversion.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays

Mark was an introvert.
D.J. Machale -- The Merchant of Death

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