How to Use isolate in a Sentence

isolate

1 of 2 verb
  • When he wants to work, he isolates himself in his office and won't talk to anyone.
  • Scientists have isolated the gene that causes the disease.
  • Certain patients must be isolated in a separate ward.
  • These policies will only serve to isolate the country politically and economically.
  • There are all kinds of ways they were not isolated.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That said, the area is far from isolated.
    Lois Alter Mark, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
  • They are not built to be isolated.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • Winds will pick up some through the day, but wind gusts will be isolated.
    The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Britain is more isolated, more alone.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • He may very well be isolated again, and that is the terror.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
  • My eye is drawn to scenes that isolate a subject from its background.
    PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That gap is hardly isolated to this bank.
    Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • And this time, they're not isolated in a bubble.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 14 Feb. 2026
  • What had once felt isolating, started to feel shared.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
  • Whey isolate and hydrolysate have very little fat.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Whey isolate and hydrolysate have very little fat.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Feb. 2026
  • To buyers, small flaws rarely read as isolated.
    Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Caregiving is too hard and too isolating to do it on your own.
    Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But that belief will only isolate you.
    Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The instinct in moments like these is often to pull back or isolate.
    Denielle Sachs, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Most of that increase can be isolated to the metro Phoenix area.
    Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The chrome is isolated to just the color to make the design pop even more.
    Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 23 May 2026
  • Still, the people most isolated are those at the very top and very bottom.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Grief can be so isolating, and people are afraid of even talking about it.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • These gusts are expected to be isolated in space and time.
    Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This isn’t isolated to youth-centric shows.
    Thomas Page, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Whey isolate and hydrolysate have less lactose.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Whey isolate and hydrolysate have less lactose.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Some clinics isolate stem cells from a patient’s fat or bone marrow.
    Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
  • His voice, pure and isolated, reached into my solitude and spoke to me.
    Adam Verner september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025

isolate

2 of 2 noun
  • Whey isolate has more protein per gram.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Switching to a whey protein isolate often helps.
    Jennifer Klump, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Surround yourself with the people who love you instead of giving in to the urge to self-isolate.
    Gigi Engle, Marie Claire, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The entire country, however, must self-isolate from the rest of the world for the time being.
    Time, 4 May 2020
  • The United States is beginning to shut down and self-isolate.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
  • The popcorn uses milk protein isolate to boost the protein content of a classic snack.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
  • All players and members of the Nets travel party are being asked to self-isolate.
    Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Regardless of where a student who tests positive lives, they will be required to self-isolate.
    Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Whey isolate contains more protein than whey concentrate.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Aug. 2025
  • If that happens, Smith said, the person would be given a hotel voucher to self-isolate.
    Chris Moody, The New Republic, 1 June 2020
  • Sick ants self-isolate, and healthy ants reduce their interaction with other ants when disease is present in the colony.
    Popular Science, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Workers can stay for a variety of reasons, including their choice to self-isolate.
    Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 2 Apr. 2020
  • At the same time, researchers have been working to get their hands on an isolate of the virus from a person confirmed to have been infected with it.
    John Wayne Ferguson, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Dec. 2021
  • All people who have had direct, face-to-face contact with this person are being instructed to stay home and self-isolate.
    NBC News, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Current guidance has students that test positive isolate from school for 10 days.
    Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Choose unflavored versions made with only with a protein isolate for keeping calories in check.
    Jaclyn London, M.s., R.d., Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Rizzo says whole-food options like eggs, seeds, and nuts are especially good, but protein isolates or whey protein will do the trick too.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The whey protein is a combination of isolate, concentrate, and hydrolysate forms of whey.
    Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Researchers then test these promising phages further against the bacterial isolate.
    WIRED, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The result is a five-phage product capable of killing a broad range of Enterobacter isolates.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The city also has other housing available for those who test positive and don’t need to be in the hospital but don’t have a place to self-isolate.
    Sara Cline, ExpressNews.com, 8 May 2020
  • This is because clear protein typically uses whey protein isolate, which is the most refined form of whey protein.
    Lindsey Desoto, Health, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This is because clear protein typically uses whey protein isolate, which is the most refined form of whey protein.
    Lindsey Desoto, Health, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Testing and physical tracing will become part of our lives in the short term, but in many countries, an abrupt instruction to self-isolate could come at any time.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 3 May 2020
  • That’s why Canopy is using a CBD isolate, which does not contain other plant compounds.
    Chris Furnari, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Hydrolysate has the highest protein content, followed by isolate and concentrate.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Hydrolysate has the highest protein content, followed by isolate and concentrate.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Feb. 2026
  • This isolates families and pushes them further away from systems that could otherwise offer support.
    Justin Phillips, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Traditional whey protein is often made from whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, or a blend.
    Lindsey Desoto, Health, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Traditional whey protein is often made from whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, or a blend.
    Lindsey Desoto, Health, 30 Jan. 2026

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