Examples of desert island in a Sentence
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The darkly comic horror-thriller stars McAdams and Dylan O’Brien as coworkers stranded on a desert island, and sports a glowing 93 percent critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
The most purely enjoyable Raimi film in years, the upcoming desert island debacle from 20th Century Studios is an ideal synthesis of the director’s career thus far.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
In the film, McAdams plays Linda, a timid employee who is stranded on a desert island with her sleazy boss (Dylan O’Brien) and begins to resort to a more primal personality.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
That sentence would’ve sounded incomprehensible to anyone who’d just returned from a decade on a desert island, about as farfetched as Indiana being 15-0 right now.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
But if they were wrecked on a desert island together…If only.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
Sophia, Lara, Yoonchae, Megan, and Daniela — the entire group, minus Manon — appear on the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s Role Roulette to map out their plans for the most crucial scenarios, like winning the lottery or being stranded on a desert island.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
This Laneige lip mask is my desert island beauty product.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Below, Annie fills us in on what went wrong with the Kele tribe, her relationship and alliance with Alex, and what her top 3 desert island albums are.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 2 Oct. 2025
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
The most purely enjoyable Raimi film in years, the upcoming desert island debacle from 20th Century Studios is an ideal synthesis of the director’s career thus far.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
In the film, McAdams plays Linda, a timid employee who is stranded on a desert island with her sleazy boss (Dylan O’Brien) and begins to resort to a more primal personality.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
That sentence would’ve sounded incomprehensible to anyone who’d just returned from a decade on a desert island, about as farfetched as Indiana being 15-0 right now.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
But if they were wrecked on a desert island together…If only.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
Sophia, Lara, Yoonchae, Megan, and Daniela — the entire group, minus Manon — appear on the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s Role Roulette to map out their plans for the most crucial scenarios, like winning the lottery or being stranded on a desert island.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
This Laneige lip mask is my desert island beauty product.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Below, Annie fills us in on what went wrong with the Kele tribe, her relationship and alliance with Alex, and what her top 3 desert island albums are.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Desert island.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desert%20island. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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