desert island

noun

: an island where no people live

stranded on a desert island

Examples of desert island in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gilligan’s Island, American television sitcom about a group of castaways on a desert island and the chaos that ensues as their attempts at rescue are constantly thwarted. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026

Ahead of the Naked Palette launch, Zomnir asked her team to bring their four desert island shades into a meeting. — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

The film opens with 50 new, technologically advanced Buzz Lightyear toys washed up and abandoned on a desert island. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 June 2026

While mostly faithful to the book, this Lord of the Flies smartly adjusts its story of midcentury schoolboys stranded on a desert island for an episodic medium by filtering each installment through the perspective of a different preteen character. — Judy Berman, Time, 4 May 2026

Rhymes for desert island

• dryland