Sentence examples for insular time from inspiring English sources

Last year Summer Camp released a chipper and thoughtful EP, "Young" (Moshi Moshi), that painted Mr. Warmsley and Ms. Sankey as insular time travelers.

Most immigrant groups become less insular over time, as their children marry locals.

Yet asked whether South Jersey is still so insular in this time of galloping exurbanization and mobility, political consultants say: Well, yes.

He's become increasingly insular during his time in office, failing to fulfill his promises of transparency.

Overlapping roles and interconnectedness can make a community vibrant and strong--and help explain why it can be at one and the same time insular and highly engaged with the world.

By all accounts, the Cheneys are a tight-knit and at times insular unit steeped in the family business.

It broke through no visual or conceptual precedents, it was staunchly insular and, at times, defiantly retrograde in its desire to cling to an agrarian vision of utopia in an increasingly multicultural and technologically advanced country.

But it will be up to the federal government, which will own a majority of General Motors when it emerges from bankruptcy, to tackle what is perhaps the most difficult challenge in Detroit: transforming G.M.'s insular culture — at times as bureaucratic as the government's — to make the company more competitive.

But the announcement and its aftermath served as a reminder of one of the things that distinguish Sinai Temple and nearby Beverly Hills: a heavy and at times insular presence of Persians, as many call themselves, and many of them are fiercely protective of their past and religious beliefs.

And French cinema has a long and at times insular tradition.

Why is hillbilly culture so defensive, insular, and frozen in time?