How do you use Islet in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like isle or island, plus the exact meaning.
Islet meaning
- A small island.
- An isolated piece of tissue that has a specific function.
Using Islet
- The main meaning on this page is: A small island. | An isolated piece of tissue that has a specific function.
- Useful related words include: isle, island.
- In the example corpus, islet often appears in combinations such as: gros islet, the islet, islet of.
Context around Islet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Islet
- In this selection, "islet" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gros, bird, west, cells, constituency and district stand out and add context to how "islet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a river islet and transferred and annual gros islet constituency lilèt. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "islet" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and adeyemi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with islet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gros Islet police have launched an investigation into the incident. (10 words)
Islets found on the reefs include Bird Islet, West Islet and Porpoise Cay. (13 words)
Relatives described Shaquan, a Grand Riviere Gros Islet resident, as a part-time fisherman. (14 words)
At the Gros Islet playing field, Gros Islet’s Under-19 Cricket Team, despite missing five of the top players to the senior team due to first division duties, continued their winning ways as they totally outplayed Anse la Raye on Saturday 7th. (43 words)
Tokyo maintains that the Soviet Union illegally seized the four -- Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomai islet group -- soon after its surrender in World War II on Aug. 15, 1945, while Moscow says they came under its control legitimately. (39 words)
The operation was launched Tuesday off the coast of Delft islet in Northern Jaffna when the Sri Lankan Navy received information that an Indian with some fishermen was involved in illegal fishing in the Sri Lankan waters. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Gros Islet District Awards Committee in collaboration with the Gros Islet Constituency Office is pleased to announce the second hosting of the annual Gros Islet Constituency Lilèt Awards.
At the Gros Islet playing field, Gros Islet’s Under-19 Cricket Team, despite missing five of the top players to the senior team due to first division duties, continued their winning ways as they totally outplayed Anse la Raye on Saturday 7th.
Islets found on the reefs include Bird Islet, West Islet and Porpoise Cay.
The second part of the name (holm) means islet, and is thought to refer to the islet Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm.
Greek authorities rescued 91 migrants from a river islet and transferred them to a processing center near the border with Turkey, police said Sunday.
Results from an investigator-sponsored study using islet cells for the treatment of patients with Type 1 Diabetes are expected later in 2023 as well.
The participants hail from communities within the Gros Islet, Vieux Fort, Castries and Anse La Raye communities.
They are excited to see the site and are staying in the guesthouse, a fitting way to conclude their trip across the north shore before shipping out to Silver Islet tomorrow.
Trial transplants of human islet cells had met with mixed results, and in any case, with millions of Type-1 diabetes sufferers globally, there were nowhere near enough human donors to meet demand.
Chinese scientists revived hope of clinical treatment for Type 1 Diabetes after carrying out the wold's first procedure to transplant islet cells in a female patient that reverses the major disease.
Gros Islet police have launched an investigation into the incident.
Relatives described Shaquan, a Grand Riviere Gros Islet resident, as a part-time fisherman.
Shayne Paul, president of the Gros Islet League, emphasised the effort his team is putting in for this crucial fixture.
The Gros Islet team was officially crowned champions of the annual Sandals Under-19 Cricket Tournament during a closing ceremony on Thursday at Sandals Regency La Toc.
The operation was launched Tuesday off the coast of Delft islet in Northern Jaffna when the Sri Lankan Navy received information that an Indian with some fishermen was involved in illegal fishing in the Sri Lankan waters.
Tokyo maintains that the Soviet Union illegally seized the four -- Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomai islet group -- soon after its surrender in World War II on Aug. 15, 1945, while Moscow says they came under its control legitimately.
You’ll find the stairway to the Dragonstone fortress on Spain’s northern shoreline – the islet of Gaztelugatxeko.
Greek search and rescue teams attempted on Thursday to locate an elderly woman who is the lone resident of the islet of Kinaros in the Aegean sea, after she had gone missing for three days.
Once a desolate expanse of rock, this tiny mile-long islet is today a burgeoning eco haven, teeming with fresh new life and vegetation several feet high.
One former Inuit camp on an islet off Ellesmere Island contained the rivets of a Norse boat – quite possibly a hunting trip that never returned.
Common combinations with islet
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gros islet 35×
- the islet 14×
- islet of 8×
- islet in 5×
- islet cells 4×
- islet and 3×
- islet st 3×
- small islet 3×
- islet constituency 2×
- habomai islet 2×