INSULARITY in a Sentence

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Example sentences for INSULARITY, such as:

1. A continental climate is different from an insular one.
2. The insularity of the islanders manifested itself in their suspicion of anything foreign.
3. Each silent worshipper seemed purposely sitting apart from the other, as if each silent grief were insular and incommunicable.

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 Meanings and Examples of INSULARITY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
insularity
 n.  narrow-mindedness; isolation; state of being isolated or detached
Classic Sentence:
1  Each silent worshipper seemed purposely sitting apart from the other, as if each silent grief were insular and incommunicable.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7. The Chapel.
Example Sentence:
1  The insularity of the islanders manifested itself in their suspicion of anything foreign.
2  It was a shock for Kendra to go from her small high school, with her insular group of friends, to a huge college with students from all over the country.
3  A continental climate is different from an insular one.