insular
Example Sentences
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Mr. Carlsson introduces us to this insular, secretive world with the unhurried ease of a seasoned guide.
He complained that high-tech science is too often insular and tribal.
From Washington Post
There is also lingering concern about how DeSantis’s insular style will wear on early state voters who expect to welcome candidates into their living rooms for an extended job interview.
From Washington Post
When the insular and sometimes critical New York art world became too much for Basquiat, whose friends and hangers-on would crowd his apartment at all hours of the day and night, he decamped to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times
Paulina Stevens grew up in an insular Romani American family, destined to leave school, marry young and become a fortuneteller.
From Los Angeles Times
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