insular
Example Sentences
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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.
“He was quiet, insular and not exactly blessed with social skills,” Mr. Corera writes.
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
"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
But the narrative also shines a crucial spotlight on L.A.’s Asian American community and its sometimes insular approach to handling emotional trauma, particularly mental illness.
From Los Angeles Times
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