Example sentences for: island

How can you use “island” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Only this year, the Ainu, an indigenous people of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, are struggling valiantly and often painfully to relearn their native language, which almost died out over the past fifty years.

  • The sidewalk, they counseled, caused the sea to erode, rather than build, the important dune that, with its beach grass and surrounding "berm colonizers," protects the beach and the north end of the island.

  • Many visitors come to this island, named after an English sea captain called Catt, for its beautiful quiet beaches.

  • Newfoundland Museum, on Duckworth Street, recounts the human history of the island, displaying the dwellings and artifacts of the Inuit and native peoples, including the now-extinct Beothuk, and the costume, furniture, and implements of the first European fishermen.

  • Seac Pai Van Park, on the west coast of the island is an interesting natural preserve with aNatural History Museum.


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