Island

//ˈaɪlənd//

"Island" in a Sentence (34 examples)

Seen from the sky, the island was very beautiful.

A bridge gives access to the island.

Churches were erected all over the island.

A fishing light wavers under the lee of an island.

We took a ferry from the island to the mainland.

We were landed on a lonely island.

We arrived on the island two days later.

Our boat approached the small island.

Tourists take over this island in the summer.

I am just a castaway on an island lost at sea.

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No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]

It's only an island if you look at it from the water…

Sumatra is the second largest island in the East Indies and the fourth largest in the world covering 182,859 square miles.

Despite its name, Barry Island is actually a peninsula

The quiet library was an island of tranquility in the noisy, bustling city.

an island of colors on a butterfly's wing

He was on the ball in a flash, swerving to the left of City’s goalkeeper, Ederson, before shaping his body for a tricky angled finish. He was an island of composure, floating in his 39th goal of the season with a delicate chip into the corner.

King Leopold, speaking in fluent English during his six minute broadcast, said Belgium stood side by side with Holland "an Island of peace in the interests of all"

the island in the middle of a roundabout

Dunton island, near Birmingham, is one of the most confusingly labelled islands in the U.K.

In Coventry, you will often hear people say: “Turn right at the island”.

A short, rather studious young woman on noticing him moved from behind an island counter.

Adverbial subordinate clauses are islands for extraction: "They have a billion dollars of inventory that they don't know where *(it) is".

We paused at little river cities along the way and walked upon their bushy dikes, and heard tales of overflows in flood seasons, when four feet or more of water islanded the houses.

The car soon seemed islanded in water.

God dwells in light! Before the ocean of unmeasured space, was islanded with stars serenely bright, reflecting back the radiance of his face - he dwelt above in heaven’s immortal bliss, thinking into existence that which is.

This Apulia is a land of vast pastures and cornfields and olive gardens, islanded with many rich cities, notable if only for the splendour of their churches,[…]

She knew that the town was islanded with many waters - the Hudson, the Harlem and the East rivers, and the Bay - but the rivers were hard to find in the universal velvetiness.

The turkey's nest was islanded with a fragrant swath,—the "heft" of the crop noted and rejoiced over,—the tons of good timothy and clover calculated,— […]

High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam / Islanded in Severn stream.

Candy came from out on the Island / In the backroom, she was everybody's darling

A grizzly was photographed at Rugged Point near Kyuquot on the northwest coast of the Island in May, close to the time bears emerge from their dens, suggesting it had successfully hibernated on the Island.

And so, my lovely girlfriend Kari and I headed to the Island for a weekend of wines and dines.

Angus felt "fantastic" to have made it around the Island and beaten the record.

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