desert island
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Everyone loves a desert island playlist, and just about everyone fears being the last sane person left on Earth.
From Salon
When we play the desert island game, we do it with the tacit acknowledgement that its proposed diversions are impractical.
From Salon
"I was 22, he was 52," Parkin recalled in a BBC Desert Island Discs interview.
From BBC
Speaking on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Moyes has credited Kinsella with inspiring her to keep going, when she nearly gave up on the book after writing 20,000 words.
From BBC
Speaking to Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Moyes described how she almost abandoned writing her bestselling novel because she was feeling depressed after years of little commercial success.
From BBC
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