isolating

Example Sentences

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"What it feels like when you are out of the country is... a strangely isolating experience, because your life is suspended, you can't really move forward but you get on."

From BBC • May 27, 2026

By isolating the cloud free side of the planet, researchers could directly examine the atmosphere itself instead of averaging cloudy and clear regions together.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

It restores Douglass to a living continuum of dissent rather than isolating him as an exceptional voice, and it underscores how fully the Fourth of July once accommodated, even invited, fierce moral criticism from within.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"We can confirm that someone who had contact with a hantavirus-exposed individual is currently isolating on Pitcairn Island, showing no signs of illness," said a Pitcairn government spokesman.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Raymie stood for a long time on the sidewalk in front of the Golden Glen, flexing her toes and isolating her objectives.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo