castaway
noun
a shipwrecked person.
castaways
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pluralof castaway.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They are deep enough to create a distant shore of the imagination, where readers can live as castaways from cable news, TikTok and the dull throb of the ordinary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
According to Hunter, jury members had made up their minds before the remaining three castaways even had a shot to sweeten their chances at the final tribal council.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
In some cases, people are just set off on their own to a deserted island to cosplay as castaways.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2024
This show, 46 seasons in and still going strong, returns with the host Jeff Probst and 18 castaways who are headed to Fiji to compete and survive.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
Captain Bligh of the celebrated mutinous Bounty and his fellow castaways survived forty-seven days.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
