isolation

Example Sentences

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The new healthcare installations have become a symbol of the Venezuelan government’s renewed engagement with the international community after years of isolation under former leader Nicolás Maduro.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 11, 2026

Madonna looks at a world where “no one wants to go outside,” nodding at the ways the COVID-19 pandemic broadly increased our isolation and made people more fearful of reality and each other.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2026

Mozeliak said the Angels should not consider a trade proposal in isolation, without considering how to flex their major-market muscles to fill whatever hole a trade might create.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2026

But only you know your daughter, and you probably have a better idea of whether this was a deliberate insult or just a thoughtless remark, because these kinds of comments don’t happen in isolation.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Gatlinburg is a shock to the system from whichever angle you survey it, but never more so than when you descend upon it from a spell of moist, grubby isolation in the woods.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson