How to Use island in a Sentence

island

1 of 2 noun

• He lives on an island in the Caribbean.
• Those trees are native to the Spanish islands off the coast of Africa.
  — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
• Sample foods rich with the flavor and spices of the island nation.
  — oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2023
• Kohler studies the melting glaciers of Svalbard, which is a group of islands near the North Pole.
  — David Schechter, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
• And for a good measure, Sweden’s Gotland island is right in the center of the Baltic.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 Sep. 2023
• The missile flew over the East Sea and struck an island target, state media said.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2024
• On the tip of the Malaysian peninsula, the island city-state piled up sand to expand its coastline and reclaim land from the sea.
  — TIME, 10 Oct. 2023
• Just months ago, the world's largest surfing wave pool opened up on the island — filled with freshwater.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
• The jet was on a flight from Jeju island, off South Korea’s southern coast, to Daegu.
  — Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 29 May 2023
• Install yours on the side of your kitchen island or cabinets, and use a pot-filler faucet for the water bowl.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2023
• April sees the island nation host the newer yet equally swanky Les Voiles de St Barth.
  — Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2023
• Instead, the islands served as a superb base for plotting.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• The two homes take up around 1.8 acres on the Florida island, reported Bloomberg.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• The crowd circled four stone lions that guard the roundabout’s central island.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
• Morris was already on the island for a vacation in Chilmark.
  — Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• The moody island is a convenient spot for the kids to sit for breakfast and lunch—a true stage for family-style eating.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 22 June 2023
• The island lies just below the Arctic Circle, and well within the auroral oval.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2023
• At the end of your climb, you will be rewarded with sweeping views of the town and different islands in Guatapé Lake.
  — Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2023
• Its main islands now have more tourist beds than residents.
  — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2023
• For me, Marta’s film tells the exact situation in which the island seems to find itself.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Jan. 2024
• In New Orleans – one of the worst urban heat islands in the country – neighbors are planting hundreds of trees throughout the city.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 29 July 2023
• While Diana’s gravesite, which is located on an island within the Round Oval Lake.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
• The chef’s kitchen is decked out with a massive marble island and the latest Miele and Sub-Zero appliances.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 June 2023
• On the second largest of the seven remote islands, historic Fort Jefferson stands like a sentinel over the sand.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2024
• Days later, two air force pilots were killed when their water-dropping plane crashed while tackling a blaze on the island of Evia.
  — Elena Becatoros, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• At moments that happens here, as in Rona’s connection with the crusty island store clerk who can spot a fellow addict a mile away.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
• If lounging around poolside with a cocktail is more your speed, the hotel in the summers will add a beach club to the island’s entertainment scene .
  — Sarah Rappaport, Fortune Europe, 5 Jan. 2024
• The island is a chip off the rock that is Sicily, heading toward Africa, closer to Tunisia (visible on clear days) than to any other part of Italy.
  — Laura Van Straaten, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2023
• At Marsh Harbour Inn, which overlooks the marina, guests receive a hot breakfast as well as a golf cart to traverse the island.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2024
• Forested mountaintop islands float above a vast sea of desert and grasslands, creating lush habitats where none should be.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024

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island

2 of 2 verb

• The second area, new as of Wednesday, is far south of the Cabo Verde islands off the coast of Africa.
  — Brett Clarkson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 June 2017
• That network can island off from the larger grid and run on its own, at least for a limited time, if there is a blackout.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 30 Nov. 2018
• While sending children to work in factories isn’t good for them, either, holding up the postwar era as ideal may limit the ability to address the harms that stem from islanding.
  — Miranda Sachs, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2019
• And more recently, Madagascar has been giving other Indian Ocean islands a run for their sand dollars.
  — Mary Holland, Vogue, 20 July 2017
• That prompted the recall of 1.4 million vehicles by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles , and served as a warning to the industry that car networks are no longer islands unto themselves.
  — Chester Dawson, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2017
• Want to island hop around French Polynesia, visit Africa's incredible cities, and cruise through Asia without ever switching hotels, boarding a flight, or repacking your bags?
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2022
• Dr Toomey’s findings stem from his analysis of sediment cores collected near the Dry Tortugas, islands off Florida’s coast.
  — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017
• The result has been a reduction in costs and greenhouse gas emissions with the renewable energy of solar and combined heat and power, as well as having a plan in place to island off the traditional power grid in case of any future outages.
  — Luis D’acosta, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• In the offshore world, wealthy people and corporations use the banking systems of low-tax countries, often island nations in the Caribbean, to shield their assets from taxing authorities in their home countries.
  — David Heinzmann, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• Chalifoux, who has been driving on the island for 11 years, said the community has supported the drivers by offering carpool rides to island workers via a community Facebook group.
  — Allison Hagan, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2019
• The devastation was so widespread across Great Abaco and Grand Bahama islands that recovery crews were only beginning to get into many areas more than a week later and only a few dozen bodies had been formally counted.
  — Phil McKenna, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• However, islanding children often reinforces gender, class or racial divides.
  — Miranda Sachs, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2019
• The second area, new as of Wednesday, is far south of the Cabo Verde islands off the coast of Africa.
  — Brett Clarkson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 June 2017
• That network can island off from the larger grid and run on its own, at least for a limited time, if there is a blackout.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 30 Nov. 2018
• While sending children to work in factories isn’t good for them, either, holding up the postwar era as ideal may limit the ability to address the harms that stem from islanding.
  — Miranda Sachs, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2019
• And more recently, Madagascar has been giving other Indian Ocean islands a run for their sand dollars.
  — Mary Holland, Vogue, 20 July 2017
• That prompted the recall of 1.4 million vehicles by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles , and served as a warning to the industry that car networks are no longer islands unto themselves.
  — Chester Dawson, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2017
• Want to island hop around French Polynesia, visit Africa's incredible cities, and cruise through Asia without ever switching hotels, boarding a flight, or repacking your bags?
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2022
• Dr Toomey’s findings stem from his analysis of sediment cores collected near the Dry Tortugas, islands off Florida’s coast.
  — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017
• The result has been a reduction in costs and greenhouse gas emissions with the renewable energy of solar and combined heat and power, as well as having a plan in place to island off the traditional power grid in case of any future outages.
  — Luis D’acosta, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• In the offshore world, wealthy people and corporations use the banking systems of low-tax countries, often island nations in the Caribbean, to shield their assets from taxing authorities in their home countries.
  — David Heinzmann, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• Chalifoux, who has been driving on the island for 11 years, said the community has supported the drivers by offering carpool rides to island workers via a community Facebook group.
  — Allison Hagan, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2019
• The devastation was so widespread across Great Abaco and Grand Bahama islands that recovery crews were only beginning to get into many areas more than a week later and only a few dozen bodies had been formally counted.
  — Phil McKenna, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• However, islanding children often reinforces gender, class or racial divides.
  — Miranda Sachs, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024