isolation
Example Sentences
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By then I was living back at my parents’ house, all my books in storage and anticipating my summer of isolation in the Valley.
From Los Angeles Times
The harsh environment would confine people to domes or underground shelters, where boredom and isolation would be real dangers.
Instead of examining single brain regions in isolation, researchers now focus on how different areas communicate and form networks.
From Science Daily
Some described social isolation among constituents who had become too scared to drive in the dark.
From BBC
Only Hawaii and Alaska, whose isolation requires expensive shipping, cost more.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.