How to Use insular in a Sentence

insular

adjective
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  • Which is not to say that Antalya is now an insular event.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Their mandate was not to be insular, but to be a blessing for the entire world.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Thanks in part to the small core cast and the insular setting, Servant was in the early wave of series to go back to filming.
    — Justin Kirkland, ELLE, 17 Mar. 2023
  • This is not to say that teams that have a microculture are insular.
    — Kartik Mandaville, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The shock factor was the latest and final sign of a campaign that some criticized as insular at the top.
    — Maya King, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • In the insular, rarefied world of Succession, there are a few girl bosses who reign supreme.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Jai Paul was, indeed, alive and well — if not predictably insular.
    — Vulture, 16 Apr. 2023
  • And it was being torn between its ancient, insular ways and the modern world.
    — Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The field of transplant surgery grew insular and desperate.
    — WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023
  • A lot of private companies have very small boards that tend to be pretty insular.
    — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Everyone seems to have heard of Braly in the insular world of private aviation.
    — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022
  • The design world can be so insular and snobby, like it’s only talking to itself.
    — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
  • But over the years, the race has grown slightly out of its initial insular spiritual shell and has drawn endurance runners from around the world.
    — Devin Kelly, Longreads, 19 Jan. 2022
  • All of this puts a lot of faith in an industry as clubby, white, and insular as venture capital.
    — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Each time, this has sent shockwaves through the rather insular and secretive world of fine watches and, on one occasion, may even end up as part of a trial in a Swiss court.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Unlike the insular world of the Omegaverse, finding a space between innovating and remaining true to the form can be tricky in D&D.
    — Ethan Gilsdorf, WIRED, 27 June 2023
  • But the sheer number of them still being centrally involved makes the world of space travel feel weirdly insular.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2022
  • The rabbit warren of hallways and thinly-walled rooms felt insular at that hour, the click of stilettos on laminate less urgent than during the day.
    — Hazlitt, 12 July 2023
  • Viewers who might prefer a less insular perspective will have to accept that wide-angle shots are just not Goldin’s style.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • All requested anonymity for fear of career repercussions in the insular and tight-knit world of esports.
    — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Time is described by the sun’s rise and set in the insular world of Women Talking, with the return of the men the following day serving as the urgent engine of this conversation.
    — Alisson Wood, ELLE, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Yet its tone is insular, and reconstructing any sort of network there requires hard work.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
  • Set in the insular world of fine art, the film follows a sculptor, Lizzy (Michelle Williams), navigating a series of personal and artistic crises in the week before her new show opens.
    — Vikram Murthi, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Whaley says women and minorities struggle to break through In this insular world.
    — James Brown, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2023
  • That’s why one of the main characters in A Likeable Woman, Sadie, bucks against her insular world by creating art in her backyard studio.
    — May Cobb, Good Housekeeping, 24 July 2023
  • To outsiders, Switzerland might seem like an insular nation.
    — Adam Graham, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Andrea Mongia Once upon a time, in the waning days of the 20th century, the art world was a small, insular place, where everyone more or less knew everyone.
    — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Morales is one of a handful of prominent new hires made at CBS News, which has long had a reputation for having an insular culture.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022
  • When networking is insular, experience and knowledge is so often shared that there are few new lessons to be learned.
    — Kara Dennison, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Another insular battle played out in the 15th District, which remapping shifted from the southeastern part of the state to a central and western slice of Illinois.
    — John Keilman, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2022

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