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adjective

isolated

CEFR C1

separated from everything around it, remote or alone; also, occurring only occasionally

In a sentence

Six example sentences with isolated, each labelled with its topic.

  • The lighthouse keeper's cottage stood isolated on a spit of rock, reachable only at low tide.

    Travel

  • The monastery was deliberately isolated, a day's walk from the nearest village, so the monks could work undisturbed.

    History

  • Auditors judged the discrepancy isolated, finding three such entries in six years rather than a pattern across the ledgers.

    Finance

  • The control computer stays isolated from the office network, with no cable and no wireless card, so nothing can reach it.

    Technology

  • The clinic sees an isolated case of the rash most winters, never enough to suggest an outbreak.

    Medicine

  • The center was left isolated under the rim after both forwards chased the ball to the far corner.

    Basketball

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