insular

Example Sentences

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Warsh has described the Fed as insular and committed to outdated economic models.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 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

She did not know that things had come to this; in Nsukka, life was insular and the news was unreal, functioning only as fodder for the evening talk, for Odenigbo’s rants and impassioned articles.

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