Example Sentences

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The person diagnosed with the Clade I variant is isolating at home and recovering, while people who had close contact with the person are being notified by public health officials.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2024

What I saw up close is that spending the year in and out of hotels is isolating, but so is being a rapidly ascendant comic at her level of success.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024

The continued chaos for young families is isolating, especially when other Americans’ lives are back to normal, said Lauren Hipp, early learning chief at MomsRising, an advocacy organization.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

A 34-year-old woman, who is isolating at home after catching Covid, told the BBC that the experience, so far, has been surprisingly smooth.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2022

If this is isolating and impermeable, there will be no interest in raising the electrodes sensibly above its lower edge.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various