How to Use isolated in a Sentence

isolated

adjective
  • The camp is located in an isolated area.
  • The arrest was an isolated incident in his youth.
  • The town remains a very isolated community.
  • Make sure the movement stays isolated to the hip, not moving the spine.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Partly cloudy and very warm with a 20% chance of isolated storms.
    Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • There’s a low chance for isolated lightning storms in the southern parts of the region.
    Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The Gaviota area could see isolated gusts as high as 55 mph.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021
  • According to deputies, the killing was an isolated event and the public is not at threat.
    Alexandria Brown, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2022
  • But the character is so isolated from the others, her scenes don’t yet feel like part of the same show.
    Joshua Alston, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Either that, or it’s too isolated from anywhere else to be worth the trek.
    Ling Ma, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • But people who still have a fever should stay isolated for at least a day after the fever ends.
    Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • To wit: Russia is now more or less isolated from the outside world.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The isolated and the lonely sang from windows and balconies.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
  • There was still a chance that these plumes could be erupting from a smaller, more isolated sea.
    WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The main risks will be strong winds, hail and isolated tornadoes.
    Janice Dean, Fox News, 26 July 2021
  • Over the course of the war, the town has become increasingly isolated.
    Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 9 June 2022
  • The Mother has been living off the grid, in an isolated cabin in Alaska.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
  • These winds will ferry rounds of heavy rain to most of the city this morning, along with the risk for isolated thunderstorms.
    Claire Hao, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Down in Pittsburgh, were there is the potential for the partial eclipse of 97% , the skies are trending to be a bit brighter with an isolated rain chance.
    Eric Henderson, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Hail and high winds will be the greatest risks, but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.
    Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 21 July 2022
  • There may be an isolated storm in the percolating heat, but don’t bet on it.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
  • These moves come at a time when young Chinese people are more isolated from the rest of the world largely due to the coronavirus.
    Jane Li, Quartz, 24 Aug. 2021
  • If the tree is small and isolated, its north side may be entirely covered with pale green moss.
    Ted Updike, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025
  • The hope is that students will not feel isolated and will instead be empowered to speak up for their needs and rights.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2021
  • On the surface, Mats Steen lived an isolated and lonely life alone with his parents.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Install it on an isolated post, so that a threat can’t jump onto it from a nearby tree.
    Susan Cosier, WSJ, 29 July 2022
  • This season was much more of an isolated one for Ellie.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The main spot to dine is the garden area, so people seated [inside] felt isolated.
    Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2022
  • It's located in an isolated spot off the Saudi coast in Tabuk and is reached by seaplane.
    New Atlas, 26 June 2025
  • At work, surveys show eight out of ten employees feel isolated and disconnected.
    Zach Mercurio, Fortune, 27 June 2025

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