How to Use isolate in a Sentence

isolate

1 of 3 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.
• Winds will pick up some through the day, but wind gusts will be isolated.
  — The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2024
• The 30 pieces in the bottle each contain 25mg of CBD isolate that is active.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2023
• Any storms that do move off the Cascades will be isolated.
  — oregonlive, 17 May 2023
• The camps Vlad and Olena were taken to were isolated and far from cities.
  — USA Today, 31 May 2023
• Jackson and his sound team devised a method to isolate Lennon’s vocal on the original tape with the help of AI.
  — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2023
• Grief can be so isolating, and people are afraid of even talking about it.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• The decision to deprive him of his writing tools can be a step to further isolate him.
  — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
• The frequent attacks have brought the war in Ukraine to Russians largely isolated from the conflict.
  — Andrew Carey and Maria Kostenko, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
• This will help the fixture look intentional and well thought out rather than just trendy and isolated in the room.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2023
• And then look to other people or ways in which ways to fill them… (Also) don't be isolated.
  — Joan Michelson, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Authorities said the fire was isolated to the duct work though some smoke spread to other parts of the hotel.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 13 July 2023
• That type of behavior appears not to be isolated to the world of visual arts.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
• He would just be isolated with a small group of lawmakers who can’t figure out how to get things done.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
• As the only Black student in her school, Bridges was often isolated and alone.
  — A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, Parents, 18 Jan. 2024
• Israeli forces have isolated Rafah from the nearby city of Khan Younis.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• The scammer will also use fear to isolate you and prevent you from reaching out to other people who could help.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• Today, the empty sky is a constant reminder that, at least for now, they’re isolated.
  — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
• Parents who were isolating couldn’t take care of their children.
  — Ashish K. Jha, STAT, 6 Mar. 2024
• Studies show that 40% of wage earners feel isolated at work.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 6 May 2023
• The stronger storms will be capable of a threat for damaging gusts and perhaps isolated large hail.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 12 Aug. 2023
• As of Monday, the company was working to isolate the repairs, assess the damage and find the right tools to conduct the repairs, McHale said.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2023
• As at most high-rise public housing projects, the towers are set in the middle of a superblock, isolating them from the neighborhood and killing street life.
  — Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024
• Once a straight-A honor student, the girl now is isolated at home, working slowly toward a GED.
  — Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
• The ambassador wants the generals isolated and pressured to end the conflict.
  — Larry Madowo, CNN, 25 May 2023
• Stray shots Interesting choice to so thoroughly isolate Torres for the bulk of this episode!
  — EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
• Among the many features of the product is one that will display the users’ eyes through the headset, making the experience of using it less isolating.
  — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 6 June 2023

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isolate

2 of 3 adjective

• Northam and his wife both plan to self-isolate for 10 days.
  — TheWeek, 25 Sep. 2020
• Remember to self-isolate between the test and the event.
  — Jason Farley, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2020
• The speed of the virus’s spread has meant thousands of Britons have been asked, like Mr. Johnson, to self-isolate.
  — Jason Douglas, WSJ, 18 July 2021
• The company told all of them to self-isolate for two weeks with pay.
  — USA Today, 12 Nov. 2020
• Students will not be allowed to self-isolate in the weeks leading up to the prom.
  — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2021
• All arrivals will still have to self-isolate at the address on their PLF for 7 days.
  — Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
• By that time, children were not required to self-isolate if they were exposed to the virus.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2021
• The full spectrum and isolate versions of the oil are also available.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 May 2022
• You might be asked to self-isolate and are likely to be offered a vaccine.
  — Wired, 28 July 2022
• Those who test positive for the virus will be required to self-isolate.
  — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2021
• Gutierrez was then asked to self-isolate at home because of his close contact with the worker.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2020
• So far, 145 people have been identified and have been told to self isolate.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
• Those who came from high-risk areas of Tianjin are required to self-isolate at home.
  — Steve George, CNN, 10 Jan. 2022
• More than 4,000 members of Jun’s church were also ordered to self-isolate for two weeks.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2020
• The ones who got the warning are entitled to a free Covid-19 test and are recommended to self-isolate.
  — Alexey Shliakhouski, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• This is not the first time a working member of the British royal family has had to self-isolate due to risk of the coronavirus.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 9 Oct. 2020
• People who live in the Netherlands and are allowed to return home are required to self-isolate for at least five days.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2021
• The band made the announcement Tuesday, saying that the musicians and crew members will have to stay at home and self-isolate for the next 10 days.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 Aug. 2021
• Those who test positive will be told to self-isolate, along with their household.
  — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021
• And the coronavirus pandemic forced the jail to spread out or isolate inmates, putting a further strain on staffing.
  — Scott Huddleston, ExpressNews.com, 21 Dec. 2020
• While most of them are concentrates, be on the look-out for specials, deals, and sales to get an isolate or hydrolyzed protein for under $30.
  — Carsen Joenk, Popular Science, 11 Jan. 2021
• The individuals have been told to self-isolate along with their households.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2021
• The pods, an idea originally inspired by a drive through the countryside, are ideal for if guests have to self-isolate.
  — Patrick Snell, CNN, 28 Mar. 2021
• That way people can know whether they are infected and isolate when there is a localized spike.
  — NBC News, 4 Dec. 2020
• The couple self-isolate at Birkhall, their home on the Queen's Balmoral estate, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  — Jillian MacKenzie, Town & Country, 12 Nov. 2020
• Unlike treating Covid-19, where the messaging has largely been to stay home and self-isolate, malaria is not a disease to sit on.
  — Lauren Evans, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2020
• Anyone caught entering those areas would be fined and required to self-isolate for 14 days.
  — NBC News, 20 Aug. 2021
• First, the school’s strategy of test, trace, and quarantine/isolate can be effective.
  — Jeff Asher, NOLA.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• Previously, people who were exposed to the virus were required by the state’s health directives to self-isolate for at least 14 days.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2021
• The way for Arizona to keep an upward trend of cases at a manageable level is to test, trace and isolate, said Adalja of Johns Hopkins.
  — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2020

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isolate

3 of 3 noun

• The entire country, however, must self-isolate from the rest of the world for the time being.
  — Time, 4 May 2020
• Wouldn’t an isolate have more CBD per volume of the product?
  — Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2022
• The United States is beginning to shut down and self-isolate.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
• 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
• All players and members of the Nets travel party are being asked to self-isolate.
  — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2020
• If that happens, Smith said, the person would be given a hotel voucher to self-isolate.
  — Chris Moody, The New Republic, 1 June 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
• Those agreements enabled the WHO to acquire isolates of the virus within four weeks, according to Boehme.
  — Megan Molteni, Wired, 4 Feb. 2020
• That’s why Canopy is using a CBD isolate, which does not contain other plant compounds.
  — Chris Furnari, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
• The patient is a close contact of the state's first case, who state health officials said defied directions to self-isolate.
  — NBC News, 5 Mar. 2020
• Each capsule contains an ample 25 mg dose of CBD isolate.
  — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
• Each serving delivers a 10mg dose of pure CBD isolate, as well as a sweet and sour flavor that's sure to make your tastebuds happy.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• And yet Covid-19 tells us to socially distance ourselves, to self-quarantine, to self-isolate.
  — Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2020
• Regardless of where a student who tests positive lives, they will be required to self-isolate.
  — Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 24 Mar. 2020
• 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
• The whey protein is a combination of isolate, concentrate, and hydrolysate forms of whey.
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 28 Aug. 2023
• 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
• Workers can stay for a variety of reasons, including their choice to self-isolate.
  — Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 2 Apr. 2020
• In mid-March, the prime minister of Spain issued a nationwide order for all residents to self-isolate.
  — Lorraine Allen, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• 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
• In China, home to many of the manufacturing plants that do this work, called fractionation, pea-protein isolate is widely thought of as the byproduct of the process.
  — Larissa Zimberoff, Time, 15 Aug. 2019
• Each gummy contains 25 mg of CBD isolate, and boasts a truly tasty blackberry flavor.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 June 2022
• Current guidance has students that test positive isolate from school for 10 days.
  — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Dec. 2021
• The majority of them are produced with low-quality CBD isolate, which only adds a metallic taste.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• So far, Sweden has banned gatherings larger than 50 people, closed high schools and universities, and urged those over 70 or otherwise at greater risk from the virus to self-isolate.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Apr. 2020
• Iowa’s state medical director, Caitlin Pedati, accompanied Reynolds on the trip and is already planning to self-isolate, one of the people said.
  — Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
• 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
• Commercial tests can take up to a week to yield results, and during that time people who did not require hospitalization are advised to self-isolate, Doehring said.
  — Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 3 May 2024