Examples of islet in a Sentence
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
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Marriott International was one of the first major operators to open in Bali more than 30 years ago and is now one of the first to expand to a less crowded islet.
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Michelle Tchea, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2025
There’s a string of over 60 consecutive dive sites off the west coast of the main island, plus two dozen more sites around the smaller, uninhabited islet of Klein Bonaire.
—Erik Trinidad, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
The only land in view is a tiny islet of white sand.
—Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
The Italian Coast Guard rendered aid after spotting a rubber dinghy, often used to carry migrants, half submerged near the islet, according to The Guardian.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Tchea, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2025
There’s a string of over 60 consecutive dive sites off the west coast of the main island, plus two dozen more sites around the smaller, uninhabited islet of Klein Bonaire.
—Erik Trinidad, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
The only land in view is a tiny islet of white sand.
—Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
The Italian Coast Guard rendered aid after spotting a rubber dinghy, often used to carry migrants, half submerged near the islet, according to The Guardian.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islet. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət 
1
: a little island
Medical Definition
islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət
: a small isolated mass of one type of tissue within a different type
specifically
: islet of langerhans
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