The former, in passing the north point of what he named King Island, proved its insular nature.

It was a mark of Soleta's insular nature that it never occurred to her to call for help, not for a moment.

I really worry about the insular nature of this debate.

His characters find it hard to penetrate Canada's cold and sometimes insular nature.

However, the island's native population has also been widely criticised for its allegedly insular nature and fear of outsiders.

Despite the tenuous alliance, the Romulans' insular nature remained very much in evidence.

The insular nature of such regulation was much removed from larger budgets and increased political control.

The Somali community's insular nature reportedly helped protect it from the worst of the violence.

The whaling captain William Adams was the first to prove the island's insular nature in 1872.

The island was charted by George Vancouver in 1793, who sailed around it and proved its insular nature.