Examples of islander in a Sentence
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Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death.
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Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
Alderney holds two annual remembrance ceremonies, one in May to commemorate the official end of the war and one on Dec. 15, the anniversary of the islanders’ return after its liberation.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
In 2015, Love Island was revived for the network ITV2, this time casting members of the public rather than celebrities to join the show as contestants, widely referred to as islanders.
—Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
Some scholars have asserted that the Little Ice Age stressed resources on the island between the 16th and 19th centuries, leading to the disappearance of palms and other important contributors to the islanders’ activities and well-being.
—Daniel Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Many of these people — colonizers, native islanders and captives from distant territories — would not have had a common language.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Exiled islanders returned to fish, forage and visit sacred sites as their ancestors did for thousands of years.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
But critics say what islanders deem unacceptable sometimes has to do with the color of revelers’ skin.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
To raise the stakes, islanders who remain single after each recoupling ceremony risk being eliminated and booted off the island.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
Alderney holds two annual remembrance ceremonies, one in May to commemorate the official end of the war and one on Dec. 15, the anniversary of the islanders’ return after its liberation.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
In 2015, Love Island was revived for the network ITV2, this time casting members of the public rather than celebrities to join the show as contestants, widely referred to as islanders.
—Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
Some scholars have asserted that the Little Ice Age stressed resources on the island between the 16th and 19th centuries, leading to the disappearance of palms and other important contributors to the islanders’ activities and well-being.
—Daniel Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Many of these people — colonizers, native islanders and captives from distant territories — would not have had a common language.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Exiled islanders returned to fish, forage and visit sacred sites as their ancestors did for thousands of years.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
But critics say what islanders deem unacceptable sometimes has to do with the color of revelers’ skin.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
To raise the stakes, islanders who remain single after each recoupling ceremony risk being eliminated and booted off the island.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Islander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islander. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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islander
noun
is·land·er
ˈī-lən-dər 
: a person born or living on an island
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