Examples of islet in a Sentence
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
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Though the island nation, made up of 600 islands and islets, is now independent, the U.S. is responsible for its defense.
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Erika I. Ritchie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
An archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, the Hebrides are made of 40 islands and numerous islets, all divided into the Inner and Outer Hebrides.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2023
The two main islet groups are the Spratly Islands—the eastern grouping nearest to the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei—and the Paracel Islands, northwest of the Spratlys and closer to Vietnam, China, and Taiwan.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
In Swedish, there’s a specific term for each archipelago landmass, from the large islands covered with pine trees and stately 19th-century summer houses to tiny islets with nothing but a few shrubs and lichen.
—Ingrid K. Williams, New York Times, 25 July 2023
The drug eliminates the need for external insulin, and avoids something as invasive as an islet cell transplant.
—Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 13 July 2023
Originally a fortress built in 1852 by Austro-Hungarian general Lazar Mamula, the hotel spent time as a military base and WWII prison before being left abandoned on its tiny islet in the Bay of Kotor.
—Nicola Leigh Stewart, Robb Report, 26 June 2023
More From Popular Mechanics Various parts of the sea are claimed by all six countries, many of which also claim the islets, shoals, and reefs peppering the region.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
Then, the site says, the men later abandoned the PT-109 wreckage and struck out for an islet three and a half miles away, prompting more heroics from the future US senator and president.
—Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
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Erika I. Ritchie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
An archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, the Hebrides are made of 40 islands and numerous islets, all divided into the Inner and Outer Hebrides.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2023
The two main islet groups are the Spratly Islands—the eastern grouping nearest to the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei—and the Paracel Islands, northwest of the Spratlys and closer to Vietnam, China, and Taiwan.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
In Swedish, there’s a specific term for each archipelago landmass, from the large islands covered with pine trees and stately 19th-century summer houses to tiny islets with nothing but a few shrubs and lichen.
—Ingrid K. Williams, New York Times, 25 July 2023
The drug eliminates the need for external insulin, and avoids something as invasive as an islet cell transplant.
—Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 13 July 2023
Originally a fortress built in 1852 by Austro-Hungarian general Lazar Mamula, the hotel spent time as a military base and WWII prison before being left abandoned on its tiny islet in the Bay of Kotor.
—Nicola Leigh Stewart, Robb Report, 26 June 2023
More From Popular Mechanics Various parts of the sea are claimed by all six countries, many of which also claim the islets, shoals, and reefs peppering the region.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
Then, the site says, the men later abandoned the PT-109 wreckage and struck out for an islet three and a half miles away, prompting more heroics from the future US senator and president.
—Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islet. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.
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Kids Definition
islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət 
1
: a little island
Medical Definition
islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət
: a small isolated mass of one type of tissue within a different type
specifically
: islet of langerhans
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