desert island
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The title character was left on a desert island when the rest of the Greeks went off to sack Troy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
When we play the desert island game, we do it with the tacit acknowledgement that its proposed diversions are impractical.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
LuPone, whose native gifts and career trajectory destined her for triumph, would be my desert island Rose, if I could bring just one.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025
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
I want silver skates like Hans's, a place on a desert island.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
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