How to Use isolated in a Sentence

isolated

adjective
  • The camp is located in an isolated area.
  • The arrest was an isolated incident in his youth.
  • The town remains a very isolated community.
  • The post was not an isolated stunt.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This strike is not an isolated event.
    — Christine Villabona-Kuntz, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Nor was that an isolated episode.
    — Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Venezuela is not an isolated case.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The village may be one of the most isolated in the world.
    — Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • An isolated landslide or two cannot be ruled out.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
  • That suggests this was not an isolated case.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • This is not just a bad day or a rough week or isolated incidents.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This is not just a bad day or a rough week or isolated incidents.
    — Mark Guarino, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Bogle’s story is not an isolated one.
    — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • That's an isolated view of a business.
    — Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Hasimi’s case is not an isolated one.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
  • For a long time each incident was thought of as an isolated tragedy.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Small, isolated markets can’t achieve economies of scale.
    — Emeka Ajene, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Make sure the movement stays isolated to the hip, not moving the spine.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Likewise, try not to judge climate based on an isolated hot or cold day.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • What once seemed like isolated crises now feels like the normal state of business.
    — Kevan Yalowitz, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But people who still have a fever should stay isolated for at least a day after the fever ends.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • But large hail and an isolated tornado can't be ruled out.
    — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • El Niño is not an isolated weather event.
    — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The main risks will be strong winds, hail and isolated tornadoes.
    — Janice Dean, Fox News, 26 July 2021
  • There was still a chance that these plumes could be erupting from a smaller, more isolated sea.
    — WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Partly cloudy and very warm with a 20% chance of isolated storms.
    — Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The east breeze could carry in a few isolated showers.
    — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • This is not an isolated oversight.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Stay away from tall, isolated trees or other tall objects.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Stay away from tall, isolated trees or other tall objects.
    — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025

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