How to Use isolationism in a Sentence

isolationism

noun

• The Right mustn’t succumb to the siren song of isolationism.
  — Tim Chapman, National Review, 20 Aug. 2023
• For the Beltway press, isolationism is kind of a dirty word.
  — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 10 July 2017
• Over the past several years, global isolationism has become the norm, not just in the U.S. but abroad as well.
  — Shelli Brunswick, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• There was a lot of leftover isolationism from World War I.
  — CBS News, 4 Sep. 2022
• These fears come from the notion that isolationism is growing within the GOP.
  — Michael Allen, WSJ, 15 July 2022
• And then there is the risk factor of isolationism and xenophobia.
  — Ron Klain, Vox, 15 Oct. 2018
• In his speech, the president said his new approach to dealing with the world would not lead to the kind of America First isolationism of Mr. Trump.
  — New York Times, 31 Aug. 2021
• Wood’s position was in step with the isolationism of the 1930s, when abstract art was viewed by many as a Communist plot.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
• Sanders’ back-and-forth with his colleagues revealed a rift between his economic isolationism and the rest of the field’s half-a-loaf approach.
  — Nicholas Riccardi, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2020
• Bolton briefly considered running for president in 2016, in part to make the case against the isolationism that Trump would come to embody.
  — Deb Riechmann, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2019
• Bad things are the things that everyone already knows to be bad, such as slavery, bigotry, and isolationism.
  — Thomas Frank, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
• Most of us live in the in-between, preserving our customs and culture, but not at the cost of complete isolationism, or human life.
  — Alana Vincent, Time, 16 Dec. 2022
• This belief caused him in his final years to resist the drift in his own party toward isolationism.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2018
• The U.S. appears to be plunging headlong into a new era of isolationism.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 22 May 2017
• This is different from isolationism, which argues that the United States should withdraw from the world.
  — Max Fisher, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2017
• Some of the groups will grudgingly do business with one another, but for the most part, Arden is isolationism run amok.
  — Christopher Healy, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
• America, still in the grip of isolationism, would not enter the Second World War until the following year.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 July 2017
• We are drawn to each other, and this interlude of personal isolationism, brought by fear and disease, will pass.
  — WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
• The outreach has been greeted with relief by allies bruised by Trump’s isolationism and insults.
  — Anne Gearan, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2021
• Will the GOP succumb to isolationism and a wrongheaded view that America can only walk or chew gum, but certainly not both at the same time?
  — Scott Jennings, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023
• Spike Jonze’s movie ‘Her’ explores social isolationism in a world dominated by AI that can learn from us.
  — Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2019
• In contrast with Bolsonaro’s pugnacious isolationism, Lula has long sought to expand Brazil’s role on the world stage.
  — Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
• The human factor The fight to keep the Icelandic language in circulation should not be confused with isolationism.
  — Caitlin Hu, Quartz, 2 June 2019
• The denigration of diplomats is viewed abroad as a sign of a new U.S. isolationism and a signal for adversaries to take advantage.
  — Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 5 Aug. 2017
• Black Adam is all about the merits of sending American muscle to the world’s hotspots, and it can very easily be read as an argument for isolationism.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2022
• Populist isolationism sounds great, rouses crowds and may even win elections.
  — Charles Krauthammer, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2017
• This isn't to say the U.S. is powerless, or that isolationism is a viable alternative.
  — William Falk, The Week, 4 Sep. 2021
• Lindbergh became a controversial figure in the 1930s for his isolationism and views on race.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• As for world peace, isolationism and nationalism seem likely under Trump.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
• The good news is that Rubio’s Ukraine vote appears to have been merely an act of contemptible political expediency rather than a conversion to isolationism.
  — Max Boot, Washington Post, 5 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Oct 2024