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How to use isolated in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective

Isolated means placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation. Example: “Some manufacturers isolated the electronic circuitry and hermetically sealed it in a metal capsule.”

Examples of isolated by meaning

adjectivePlaced or standing apart or alone; in isolation.

  • an isolated tree in the mountains
  • Antarctica, like outer-space, is known as an ICE environment – isolated, confined and extreme – meaning unlike other isolated communities, the rate of change for its vocabulary can be slower.2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian, archived...

adjectiveHappening or occurring only once.

  • an isolated occurrence
  • And while one isolated act of kindness may seem random, it can lead to much more.2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR, archived from the...

adjectiveLacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.

  • I feel so isolated among my workmates

More sentences with isolated

  • Some manufacturers isolated the electronic circuitry and hermetically sealed it in a metal capsule.From the entry hermetically seal
  • The isolated cottage was well off the beaten track.From the entry beaten track
  • Norbergenin can be isolated from rhizomes of Bergenia stracheyi.From the entry norbergenin
  • An oxbow lake is a crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.From the entry valleyed
  • In a connected graph, there is no section (proper subset that includes all edges from each vertex in said subset) of the graph that is isolated from the rest.From the entry connected
  • Pollution was no longer considered an isolated problem to be hashed out between individuals.2025 September 11, Kate Marvel, “‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster”, in The Guardian. From the entry public health
  • But the US is completely isolated from the rest of the world in this.2025 September 2, Jeffrey Sachs, Andrew Napolitano's Judging Freedom, YouTube. From the entry genocidaire
  • One of the benefits of Philmont is how isolated you are from the “real world.2021, Justin Kernes, Last Summer at Camp, PhotogJman Publishing, →ISBN, page 170. From the entry swap box
  • They are isolated like VMs but lightweight and efficient like PaaS services.2020, Elton Stoneman, chapter 1, in Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches, →ISBN. From the entry container
  • Durham was only thirty miles from Middlesbrough, but clearly isolated from the jungle drums of Teesside gossip.2020, Fiona Erskine, The Chemical Reaction. From the entry jungle drums
  • For a long time, Medog has been almost isolated from the outside world.2020 March 1, Yang, J. et al., “Medicinal and edible plants used by the Lhoba people in Medog County, Tibet, China”, in Journal of…. From the entry Medog
  • Platforms intended to bring us closer together make us angrier and more isolated.2019 May 4, Bret Stephens, “Facebook’s Unintended Consequence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry unintended consequence
  • Among the neoptile feathers occur isolated bristle-like filaments, whose origin and function are unclear.2017 June 28, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian. From the entry neoptile
  • Few places on the planet are as isolated as Palau, or as sprawling.2016 February 17, Ian Urbina, “Palau vs. the Poachers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2016. From the entry palau
  • Total RNA was isolated from a monokaryotic cultures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium,Trametes versicolor, and Gloeophyllum trabeum.2015 July 16, “Widespread Polycistronic Transcripts in Fungi Revealed by Single-Molecule mRNA Sequencing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry monokaryotic
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is the first betacoronavirus lineage C member isolated from humans.2015 August 13, You-Jin Kim et al., “Complete Genome Sequence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus KOR/KNIH/002_05_2015…. From the entry betacoronavirus
  • Blood was isolated from the orbital sinus and collected in microvette tubes.2015 November 14, “Deregulated Renal Calcium and Phosphate Transport during Experimental Kidney Failure”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry microvette
  • Genomic DNA was isolated from leaf tissue using the Plant Genomic DNA extraction minikit (Favorgen Biotech Corp.).2015 July 8, Ximena Alvarez-Gerding et al., “Improved Salinity Tolerance in Carrizo Citrange Rootstock through Overexpression of…. From the entry minikit
  • Aegriff was not only in hiding, he was also always sheltered and therefore isolated.2014 June 19, balourder, Reddit. From the entry Aegriff
  • Only very small and isolated communities display neither diglossia nor bilingualism.2013, Elien Declercq, Michael Boyden, “Multilingualism and Diglossia in Migration Literature: The Case of Flemish Songs in Northern…. From the entry diglossia
  • As a result of further studies, ester triterpenoid saponosides with a bisdesmosidic structure were isolated from S.virgaurea.2013, Y.P.S. Bajaj, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants XI, page 391. From the entry bisdesmosidic
  • Chelsea were coping comfortably as Liverpool left Luis Suarez too isolated.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport. From the entry cope
  • Quirkyalones and urban tribalists hold ideals of sociability that reach beyond an isolated dyad.2012, Elizabeth Brake, Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law, Oxford University Press, →ISBN. From the entry quirkyalone
  • Escherichia coli has been isolated from jirds that have died of septicemia.2012, Stephen A. Felt, Nancy L. Merrill, Fady I. Guirguis, Hussein I. Hussein, “Chapter 53: Egyptian Fat-Tailed Jird”, in Mark A. Suckow…. From the entry jird
  • Isolated megadontia in the permanent dentition has been estimated to occur in approximately 1% of patients.2012, P. J. M. Crawford, M. J. Aldred, “Anomalies of tooth formation and eruption”, in Richard Welbury, Monty S. Duggal, Marie Thérèse…. From the entry megadontia
  • At present, seven different latrotoxins have been isolated from the venom of L. tredecimguttatus.2011, Graham M. Nicholson, “Chapter 54: Spider Venom Peptides”, in Abba J. Kastin, editor, Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides, page…. From the entry latrotoxin
  • Perhaps the most distinctive is the barchan dune, an isolated crescentic form with arms that stretch downwind.2010, Robert S[tewart] Anderson, Suzanne P[restrud] Anderson, “Eolian Forms and Deposits”, in Geomorphology: The Mechanics and Chemistry…. From the entry barchan
  • Again, interestingly, most of the alkalitolerant taxa with reported pHₘₐₓ of 10–11 were isolated from non-alkaline environments.2010, Koki Horikoshi, Extremophiles Handbook, page 88. From the entry alkalitolerant
  • The laryngotracheas were cleansed and each cricothyroid muscle was isolated with blunt dissection.2010 May, Scott L. Lee, Quyen T. Lee, Stanley M. Shapshay, “Transcricothyroid approach to the subglottic airway in a porcine model”, in…. From the entry laryngotrachea
  • “It was so neighborhoody and lovely, but it was impractical” and felt strangely isolated.2009 February 22, Joyce Cohen, “Finding Value, Despite a Droopy Market”, in New York Times. From the entry neighborhoody
  • The polynymy of the Stoic god was not an isolated phenomenon.2009, Sean M. McDonough, Christ as Creator: Origins of a New Testament Doctrine, →ISBN. From the entry polynymy
  • Structures of all the thapsanes isolated so far are given in Chart I.2009, Indian Journal of Chemistry. From the entry thapsane
  • No longer just an isolated pathology, griefing has developed a full-fledged culture.2008 January 18, Julian Dibbell, “Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World”, in…. From the entry grief
  • This was the case with some AI viruses isolated from nonchicken species.2008, Erica Spackman, Avian influenza virus. From the entry nonchicken
  • Spacecraft compartments can be isolated by air-tight doors in case of decompression.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Starships: Crew Considerations Codex entry. From the entry air-tight

Meaning of isolated

  1. adjective Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
  2. adjective Happening or occurring only once.
  3. adjective Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.

Full definition of isolated

Questions about isolated in a sentence

How do you use isolated in a sentence?
Isolated is used as an adjective. For example: “Some manufacturers isolated the electronic circuitry and hermetically sealed it in a metal capsule.”
What is a short sentence with isolated?
“an isolated occurrence”
What does isolated mean?
Isolated means placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.

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