ISLAND in a Sentence

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For ISLAND, below is one of 260 sentences:
It is more likely he is on some sea-girt island in mid ocean, or a prisoner among savages who are detaining him against his will.

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 Meanings and Examples of ISLAND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
island
 n.  a piece of land surrounded by water
Classic Sentence: (185 in 13 pages)
1  "Yes," was all he said, but he turned and strained his eyes to see the island which a greater usurper than even Napoleon now made interesting in his sight.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
2  It is more likely he is on some sea-girt island in mid ocean, or a prisoner among savages who are detaining him against his will.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK I
3  It is because I have been kept so long in this island, and see no sign of my being able to get away.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
4  In four days he had completed the whole work, and on the fifth Calypso sent him from the island after washing him and giving him some clean clothes.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK V
5  She sent me from her island on a raft, which she provisioned with abundance of bread and wine.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VII
6  Now off their harbour there lies a wooded and fertile island not quite close to the land of the Cyclopes, but still not far.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IX
7  When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, we admired the island and wandered all over it, while the nymphs Jove's daughters roused the wild goats that we might get some meat for our dinner.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IX
8  The sea quaked as the rock fell into it, and the wash of the wave it raised drove us onwards on our way towards the shore of the island.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IX
9  When at last we got to the island where we had left the rest of our ships, we found our comrades lamenting us, and anxiously awaiting our return.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IX
10  Thence we went on to the Aeolian island where lives Aeolus son of Hippotas, dear to the immortal gods.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK X
11  Then Mercury went back to high Olympus passing over the wooded island; but I fared onward to the house of Circe, and my heart was clouded with care as I walked along.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK X
12  I know that when you leave this limbo you will again hold your ship for the Aeaean island.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XI
13  After we were clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into the open sea, we went on till we reached the Aeaean island where there is dawn and sun-rise as in other places.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XII
14  Their mother when she had borne them and had done suckling them sent them to the Thrinacian island, which was a long way off, to live there and look after their father's flocks and herds.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XII
15  Immediately after we had got past the island I saw a great wave from which spray was rising, and I heard a loud roaring sound.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XII
Example Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
16  There's plenty to discover as you ramble around this little island.
17  That is a drop of grain sacks from an aircraft to the hungry people on the island.
18  Sugar and its byproduct are the basis of the island's economy.
19  The island's chief feature was its beauty.
20  The northern end of the island juts out like a long, thin finger into the sea.
21  The island is a small green dot on the map.
22  The growth of tourism brought prosperity to the island.
23  A group of farmers were transplanted to the island by the government.
24  His race has peopled this island through all recorded history.
25  The causeway to the island is only accessible at low tide.
26  To declare war against the small island state looks like the action of a cowardly nation.
27  The discoverer claimed the island for the nation.
28  Tourists often disturb the delicate balance of nature on the island.
29  They had received no news of him since his departure from the island.
30  The north and south of the island are linked by a narrow isthmus.