Below you will find example sentences with "big island". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Big Island in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: island
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 13
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.2 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "big island" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and the big island, and the big island through tonight, hawaii, hawai and shower stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with vancouver island, big ten, too big, long island, coney island and rock island, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with big island
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
On the origin of feces:Lake Minnetonka’s Big Island is a big problem. (14 words)
High Surf Advisory until 6 AM HST Monday for Big Island East, Big Island North. (15 words)
Comparatively stable closed-cell cumulus clouds are moving onto windward Big Island with isolated showers. (15 words)
It’s been a year since a Big Island man was found dead in his vehicle at a farm outside Hilo, killed by a single gunshot wound, and Hawaiʻi Island police detectives have yet to get any breaks in the case. (41 words)
In a message to Big Island parishes, Catholic Charities Hawaii’s Hawaii Island Community Director Elizabeth Murph said housing needs are a looming concern, in particular for those with mortgages to pay on houses they no longer have access to. (40 words)
In 2021, Maldonado joined the Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island’s Board of Directors, marking the first time an individual not residing on Hawai‘i Island was appointed (Maldonado was born and raised on O‘ahu). (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The island’s name is Hawaii, but it’s called the “Island of Hawaii,” “Hawaii Island,” “Hawaii’s Big Island” and its nickname, the Big Island.
The last is the largest island in the group; it is often called the "Big Island" or "Hawai i Island" to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago.
Expect more limited shower activity across Maui County and the Big Island through tonight, although deeper moisture moving in from the south may reach the Big Island toward daybreak Wednesday.
High Surf Advisory until 6 AM HST Monday for Big Island East, Big Island North.
A mostly dry morning will feature some lingering high clouds near the Big Island, with developing sea breezes bringing the potential for cloud and shower formation over island interiors in the afternoon.
In 2021, Maldonado joined the Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island’s Board of Directors, marking the first time an individual not residing on Hawai‘i Island was appointed (Maldonado was born and raised on O‘ahu).
It’s been a year since a Big Island man was found dead in his vehicle at a farm outside Hilo, killed by a single gunshot wound, and Hawaiʻi Island police detectives have yet to get any breaks in the case.
Radar shows very little shower activity, with the bulk of what remains persisting within weak island plumes west of Maui County and the Big Island.
At 850 PM HST, Big Island Civil Defense reported widespread flooding impacts as heavy rain from Tropical Storm Lane continues to stream over the island.
In a message to Big Island parishes, Catholic Charities Hawaii’s Hawaii Island Community Director Elizabeth Murph said housing needs are a looming concern, in particular for those with mortgages to pay on houses they no longer have access to.
The Big Island Woods or "Cooper's Island" is the green dot under the name Schoolcraft.
On the origin of feces:Lake Minnetonka’s Big Island is a big problem.
A collaborative effort between several agencies is underway in the Keaukaha area of Hilo on the Big Island with two new initiatives to help mitigate impacts of visitors and protect the coastline area’s natural and cultural resources.
After the devastating Aug. 8 Lahaina firestorm laid waste to their home and material possessions, single-mother Cijon Chee, 28, and her three children moved to the Big Island to rebuild their life from the ground up.
As it turned out, the “Hawai’i Big Island Jazz and Blues Festival vs. Covid 19” was not only accepted to be shown at the Nice Internationl Film Festival.
Barbra An Pleadwell Scholarships are for Big Island or O‘ahu women enrolled as full-time students in college/university or high school seniors.
Big Island Now voters were divided between poke (left) or Kalua pig in our latest poll.
By Thursday, the Mauna Kea Resort on the big island was open again after three fires in the area were brought under control, the authority said.
Comparatively stable closed-cell cumulus clouds are moving onto windward Big Island with isolated showers.
David Jiménez of Maui, who calls himself “Dolphin Dave,” last week to harassing an adolescent humpback whale and a pod of dolphins in Kealakekua Bay on the Big Island.