insular

Example Sentences

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“It’s kind of an investor mind-set—you see failure everywhere all of the time, whereas maybe inside a firm you can have an insular view.”

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Inside the company, they’ve been both a source of pride for their creative genius and frustration due to their insular culture and budget-busting spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

From a scientific perspective, warm social contact activates specialised C-tactile afferents and temperature-sensitive pathways that send signals to the insular cortex.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

"There shouldn't be any reason for anyone to get individual or insular about what they want to do this week," said Stokes.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

Her silences were brooding, insular, and yet he felt a connection to her.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie