Wondering how to use Islands in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Islands meaning
plural of island
Using Islands
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of island
- In the example corpus, islands often appears in combinations such as: the islands, islands and, virgin islands.
Context around Islands
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Islands
- In this selection, "islands" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, channel, five, smaller, south, players and awards stand out and add context to how "islands" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include to the islands, and six islands were destroyed, virgin islands, falkland islands and canary islands. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "islands" sits close to words such as historic, boston and respond, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with islands
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another large group of islands is the Les Cheneaux Islands archipelago, which itself contains dozens of small islands. (18 words)
Other islands in the English Channel There are other islands in the English Channel which are not part of the Channel Islands. (22 words)
The Phoenix Islands were added in 1937 and the five islands of the Central and Southern Line Islands were added in 1972. (22 words)
Older editions of the extension had a five-player version with five islands, called The Five Islands.) Players may claim up to two of the islands as their home islands, and settling on any of the other islands awards a special victory point. (43 words)
Ptolemy used as his basis the " Fortunate Isles ", a group of islands in the Atlantic which are usually associated with the Canary Islands (13° to 18°W), although his maps correspond more closely to the Cape Verde islands (22° to 25° W). (42 words)
As he returns to the Channel Islands for the first time since 2012, the King, who is known as the Duke of Normandy in the islands, will highlight the relationship between the Islands and the Crown, which stretches back centuries. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Older editions of the extension had a five-player version with five islands, called The Five Islands.) Players may claim up to two of the islands as their home islands, and settling on any of the other islands awards a special victory point.
Only nine islands were reported to have escaped any flooding, citation citation while fifty-seven islands faced serious damage to critical infrastructure, fourteen islands had to be totally evacuated, and six islands were destroyed.
As he returns to the Channel Islands for the first time since 2012, the King, who is known as the Duke of Normandy in the islands, will highlight the relationship between the Islands and the Crown, which stretches back centuries.
Another large group of islands is the Les Cheneaux Islands archipelago, which itself contains dozens of small islands.
A similar procedure of block voting is used to select the three senators from the three major islands whereas the senators of the smaller islands or group of islands, are elected by plurality.
Before that became commonplace, other names such as Islas del Poniente (Islands of the West) and Magellan's name for the islands San Lázaro were also used by the Spanish to refer to the islands.
It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands.
Other islands in the English Channel There are other islands in the English Channel which are not part of the Channel Islands.
Ptolemy used as his basis the " Fortunate Isles ", a group of islands in the Atlantic which are usually associated with the Canary Islands (13° to 18°W), although his maps correspond more closely to the Cape Verde islands (22° to 25° W).
Region of Cape Cod and the Islands main The Cape and Islands Like Cape Cod itself, the islands south of the Cape have evolved from whaling and trading areas to become resort destinations, attracting wealthy families, celebrities, and other tourists.
The Chausey Islands south of Jersey are not generally included in the geographical definition of the Channel Islands but are occasionally described in English as 'French Channel Islands' in view of their French jurisdiction.
The Phoenix Islands were added in 1937 and the five islands of the Central and Southern Line Islands were added in 1972.
The phrases Cape Cod and the Islands and the Cape and Islands are often used to describe the whole region of Barnstable County, Dukes County (including Martha's Vineyard and the smaller Elizabeth Islands ), and Nantucket County.
There are two distinct regions, the granitic islands, the world's only oceanic islands of granitic rock and the coralline outer islands.
Uninhabited islands Dhu Heartach Lighthouse, During Construction by Sam Bough (1822–1878) The names of uninhabited islands follow the same general patterns as the inhabited islands.
Wildlife main The two islands are oceanic islands which have always been separate from mainland West Africa and so there is a relatively low diversity of species, restricted to those that have managed to cross the sea to the islands.
A snowfall warning is also in place for East Vancouver Island, Duncan to Fanny Bay, Southern Gulf Islands near Galiano and Valdes Islands, Malahat Highway, and Greater Victoria.
Billy Shiel Farne Islands Boats Trips is a family business which has been operating trips to the Farne Islands and Holy Island since 1918.
Christie’s International Real Estate has several affiliate offices throughout the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos, and the British Virgin Islands.
Historically, manatees are an indicator of the islands’ intact environment due to their liking of fresh and brackish water habitats and abundant sea grass beds for grazing grounds surrounding the Virgin Islands coastal ecosystem.
Phrases with islands
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with islands
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the islands 65×
- islands and 42×
- virgin islands 26×
- islands are 21×
- islands in 20×
- islands of 14×
- islands to 14×
- islands the 13×
- falkland islands 13×
- of islands 12×