desert island
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Between explosions of action, it’s willfully slow, which I suppose life on a desert island might be.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Outwardly a barren desert island, Larak has housed a Russian-made satellite communications-jamming system guarded by Iranian naval infantry and fast-attack vessels with antiship missiles, according to Israel-based Alma Research and Education Center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Everyone loves a desert island playlist, and just about everyone fears being the last sane person left on Earth.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
A moment from a past as distant as a desert island.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
At last, right in the middle of a shipwreck on a desert island, April noticed the time and said she’d have to go home so she’d be there when Caroline got back from work.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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