How to Use island in a Sentence

island

noun

• He lives on an island in the Caribbean.
• Those trees are native to the Spanish islands off the coast of Africa.
  — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
• Sample foods rich with the flavor and spices of the island nation.
  — oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2023
• Kohler studies the melting glaciers of Svalbard, which is a group of islands near the North Pole.
  — David Schechter, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
• And for a good measure, Sweden’s Gotland island is right in the center of the Baltic.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 Sep. 2023
• The missile flew over the East Sea and struck an island target, state media said.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2024
• On the tip of the Malaysian peninsula, the island city-state piled up sand to expand its coastline and reclaim land from the sea.
  — TIME, 10 Oct. 2023
• Just months ago, the world's largest surfing wave pool opened up on the island — filled with freshwater.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
• The jet was on a flight from Jeju island, off South Korea’s southern coast, to Daegu.
  — Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 29 May 2023
• Install yours on the side of your kitchen island or cabinets, and use a pot-filler faucet for the water bowl.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2023
• April sees the island nation host the newer yet equally swanky Les Voiles de St Barth.
  — Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2023
• Instead, the islands served as a superb base for plotting.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• The two homes take up around 1.8 acres on the Florida island, reported Bloomberg.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• The crowd circled four stone lions that guard the roundabout’s central island.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
• Morris was already on the island for a vacation in Chilmark.
  — Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• The moody island is a convenient spot for the kids to sit for breakfast and lunch—a true stage for family-style eating.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 22 June 2023
• The island lies just below the Arctic Circle, and well within the auroral oval.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2023
• At the end of your climb, you will be rewarded with sweeping views of the town and different islands in Guatapé Lake.
  — Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2023
• Its main islands now have more tourist beds than residents.
  — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2023
• For me, Marta’s film tells the exact situation in which the island seems to find itself.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Jan. 2024
• In New Orleans – one of the worst urban heat islands in the country – neighbors are planting hundreds of trees throughout the city.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 29 July 2023
• While Diana’s gravesite, which is located on an island within the Round Oval Lake.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
• The chef’s kitchen is decked out with a massive marble island and the latest Miele and Sub-Zero appliances.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 June 2023
• On the second largest of the seven remote islands, historic Fort Jefferson stands like a sentinel over the sand.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2024
• Days later, two air force pilots were killed when their water-dropping plane crashed while tackling a blaze on the island of Evia.
  — Elena Becatoros, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• At moments that happens here, as in Rona’s connection with the crusty island store clerk who can spot a fellow addict a mile away.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
• If lounging around poolside with a cocktail is more your speed, the hotel in the summers will add a beach club to the island’s entertainment scene .
  — Sarah Rappaport, Fortune Europe, 5 Jan. 2024
• The island is a chip off the rock that is Sicily, heading toward Africa, closer to Tunisia (visible on clear days) than to any other part of Italy.
  — Laura Van Straaten, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2023
• At Marsh Harbour Inn, which overlooks the marina, guests receive a hot breakfast as well as a golf cart to traverse the island.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2024
• In fact, entering the island often requires an invite to the club or the home of a resident or by booking a hotel room.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024