insular
Example Sentences
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Mr. Carlsson introduces us to this insular, secretive world with the unhurried ease of a seasoned guide.
I’m always perplexed when people teach writing and they ask the writers to be insular.
From New York Times
"It's possible in any space, but … it's going to trickle down in some ways and play out to be the worst for drugs that are needed sometimes by discrete and insular minorities," Mr Cohen said.
From BBC
In the insular, gossipy world of Florida politics, her exile was an earthquake.
From New York Times
Well, except for these centrists who seem to be living in some kind of insular dream world where the electoral college isn't closely divided and the stakes aren't monumental.
From Salon
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