desert island
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
If she could pick only one animated film to bring with her to a desert island, Lupita Nyong’o would probably choose Disney’s 1994 “The Lion King.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024
Listen to the harrowing brays of the donkey in Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness,” a satire in which the obnoxious, self-serving guests of a luxury cruise end up stranded on a desert island.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023
“Well, right now, it’s the desert island trope that’s sucking me down. Would you help me out of here?”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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