How to Use insular in a Sentence

insular

adjective

• The Reagans loved to hold events and the Trumps were known to be insular.
  — Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country, 7 Mar. 2021
• The twins’ insular world is ripped open with the arrival of two white strangers.
  — Robert W. Butler, kansascity, 6 May 2017
• That the scene about the insular champagne set will, in a few hours, screen to same was not lost on Ostlund.
  — Steven Zeitchik, latimes.com, 20 May 2017
• 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
• The tone of the discussions in most of the circles is insular and defensive.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2020
• But the insular nature of Blomkamp’s films may be part of the problem in terms of their reception.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2018
• 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
• In time, the store gained attention in the insular perfume world.
  — oregonlive, 24 June 2020
• Sun Bears are reclusive and live an insular life in the dense lowland forests of Southeast Asia.
  — Fox News, 10 Mar. 2020
• In the insular world of baseball, their paths have continued to cross.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 8 July 2017
• Simenon was born in Liège and raised in one of the oldest and most insular working-class neighborhoods of the city, Outremeuse.
  — Vince Passaro, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• But Mr Peltz maintains that the firm remains too insular and slow to adapt to a fast-moving market.
  — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
• But the championships are still a big deal, raising the city’s profile in the insular sailing world.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• The sports world can be unforgiving and insular in that way.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 13 May 2021
• This is not to say that teams that have a microculture are insular.
  — Kartik Mandaville, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
• In the strange, sometimes insular world of wine, 2019 was the year of more tariffs (and now potentially the most tariffs).
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 19 Dec. 2019
• 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
• Phillips’s eclectic tastes help his clients stand out in the often-insular fashion world.
  — Christine Whitney, The Cut, 11 Oct. 2017
• Is the dream of a better world achieved through insular, and cautious self-preservation?
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2019
• Long known for its insular nature, the venture-capital world has been trying to open up in the past year.
  — Te-Ping Chen, WSJ, 18 June 2021
• 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
• Part of the reason is Japan’s insular culture and low level of English.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 June 2018
• Part of that process was keeping our creative team insular.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 12 Aug. 2024
• The case gave a rare public view of a deep division in the insular and revered SEAL community.
  — Julie Watson, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2019
• The whole thing just struck me as too insular for how sweepingly it was being lauded.
  — Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• The other was Dave Yuasa, a bit of a legend within the insular world of divers thanks to his laser-like focus, his no-nonsense attitude and an intensity that could be down right frightening.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
• The job of marketing Chicago as a national tech player and serving as a fulcrum for what can be an insular world is critical and isn’t a luxury the city can afford to do without.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025