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island - use in sentences
Converse of object
- inhabit: Maldives - Simon Rogerson Of the 199 inhabited islands in the archipelago, 14 were completely evacuated.
- neighbor: This guidebook includes a rich and varied selection of walks on Madeira, and also covers the neighboring island of Porta Santo.
- desert: Holidays in Cayo Guillermo appeal to those looking for the solitude and romance of a virtually pristine and otherwise deserted island.
- explore: Exploring the islands on foot is also a popular pastime.
Adjective modifier
- Caribbean: Who gets to buy their Caribbean island or two from the proceeds?
- Greek: Spend each winter, from November to February, on a Greek island.
- tropical: Pangkor Island A lovely tropical offshore island, Pangkor is known for its fine beaches of white sand.
- uninhabited: After a disastrous incident at sea the young hero of the game awakens to find himself on a seemingly uninhabited island.
- offshore: The wooden boardwalk leading out onto the offshore island is straight ahead.
- volcanic: There's an explosive comic strip set on a volcanic island.
Modifies a noun
- paradise: I blamed Luc and my island paradise for a brain mushing into jelly, but luckily I couldn't have been in better hands.
Noun used with modifier
- desert: A desert island disk type of an album you'll want to cherish for the rest of your life.
- rhode: Think what we'll stores in rhode island there are new of assets.
- cayman: The necessary souvenirs to enjoy the they much preferred a poodle a. Dining with our this excursion were the cayman islands.
- solomon: Is adding a redecorated its guest solomon islands went.
Preposition: off
- coast: Great Britain is a set of islands off the coast of France.
Preposition: in
- archipelago: Each of them would soon literally be an island in an archipelago drained of time.
- Hebride: We visit many of the islands in the inner Hebrides, 2006 A variety of cruises on Weaver, Alcuin, and other boats.
- Maldive: I was now wondering who had surveyed all 1190 islands in the Maldives and come up with an unnamed point on Wilingili.
Preposition: of
- islay: Islay Fine Foods Company How does a beef farmer from the small island of Islay get his produce into the Food Halls of Harrods?
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