Sentence examples for to insular from inspiring English sources

Very close to insular.

Flightlessness often develops in birds that are adapted to insular island environments free of natural predators.

Roman Catholicism was introduced to insular Southeast Asia by the Spanish and the Portuguese in the 16th century and somewhat later to the Indochinese Peninsula by the French.

Thus came the most contentious feature of Cohen's tenure as mayor of Amsterdam: his decision to give a sympathetic ear even to insular and orthodox Muslim communities.

The nominations for Best New Band, FKA Twigs, Circa Waves, Slaves, Jungle and Superfood, were refreshing, but the win by Royal Blood was a depressing testament to insular back-slapping within British music.

From there, the route extended by sea westward to India and eastward to insular Southeast Asia, where the China trade connected with the portage routes on the peninsula and with maritime routes within the archipelago.

His book will strengthen resistance to the insular tendency to study national histories in isolation from one another.

Consequently, we predict RIS applies may apply to dwarf insular mammals and to large insular reptiles.

The three cases pointed to the insular North Korean government's sensitivity to what it considers threats to its authority.

With regards to the insular comment, I would have to disagree.

Yet, in assessing responsibility, the commission pointed not to current students and administrators but to an insular university culture that for years had resisted change and discouraged criticism.