desert island

noun

: an island where no people live

stranded on a desert island

Examples of desert island in a Sentence

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Follow Arthur Less on lovably disastrous moments in Paris, Berlin, a Moroccan ski chalet, a retreat center in Southern India, a desert island in the Arabian Sea and worst of all, the inside of his own head. —Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024

Buy Now 19 of 31 'The Albatross' and 'Circe' by Madeline Miller Take an Odyssey with this modern retelling of the myth of Circe, who has to decide whether to side with the gods or mortals after her father, Zeus, banishes her to a desert island. —Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024

Well, Radcliffe plays a corpse whose lifeless body provides the means of survival for a man stranded on a desert island (Paul Dano). —EW.com, 26 Oct. 2023

Yeah, the foundation and the lips for the desert island. —Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2024

Our relationship, being husband and wife, that exists on a desert island somewhere. —Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2024

Alderman has an undeniable talent for concocting a twisty, rollicking narrative, replete with assassination attempts, desert island bunkers and machine-learning prophets. —Ian Wang, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023

Or how about a pop-up restaurant on a desert island, so the owners can enjoy Michelin-caliber dining in a pristine setting? —Gemma Harris, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2023

There is an old joke about a pious man stranded on a desert island. —Jessica Kiang, Variety, 8 July 2023