isolate
verb (used with object)
to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
had isolated
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past perfectof isolate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Mr Castillo, a retired marine, was then forced to cancel his flight and stay behind in their empty house until Wilbur, an eight-year-old Julianna pig, had isolated for 30 days.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023
In March, for example, an international team led by researchers at the University of Italian Switzerland reported that it had isolated several human antibodies aimed at conserved targets on spike, unchanged across multiple viral variants.
From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2023
Arab nations which had isolated Syria over its crackdown against protests in 2011 are developing a roadmap to end the 12-year war and reintegrate Syria into the Arab fold.
From Reuters ● May 3, 2023
The travel restrictions had isolated the world’s most populous country for nearly three years.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
She was afraid that there was nothing shared at all, that all her assumptions were wrong and that with her words she had isolated herself further, and he would think she was a fool.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
