isolate
verb (used with object)
to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
were 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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Haddish confirmed the two were an item that summer and revealed they were isolating together during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
When people were isolating at home at the height of Covid shutdowns, many businesses and schools became reliant on Zoom to maintain their operations.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
Carnival Australia, part of global leisure company Carnival Corporation & plc, said COVID-positive passengers were isolating onboard and being cared for by medical staff, according to New South Wales Health.
From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2022
Star college defenseman Jake Sanderson remained in Los Angeles in coronavirus protocol, while veterans Steven Kampfer and Andy Miele were isolating in the athletes village after testing positive upon arrival.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2022
Penriet could find repose while in one part of Calabria, only by wrapping himself in an oil-cloth mantle, thus, as it were, isolating himself.
From Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 by Margaret Fuller
