isolate
verb (used with object)
to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
was isolating
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past progressiveof isolate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile Singapore's Communicable Diseases Agency said it was isolating and testing two men - a 67-year-old Singaporean and a 65-year-old permanent resident - who disembarked the ship in St Helena.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Archaeology tends to prioritize human remains, so the tiny bones the team had to work with were not all well-preserved or well-labeled—nor was isolating pathogen DNA within them an easy task.
From Science Magazine ● May 3, 2024
It’s unclear how he received this information or why he was isolating himself.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
“Growing up as a closeted gay kid — it was isolating, at times, and frightening,” Zimmerman says.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
But he knew that in separating her from Spiritualism he was isolating her from all her friends and associates, and depriving her of the only means she possessed of earning a livelihood.
From The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters by Reuben Briggs Davenport
