plural isles
: island
Pacific isles
Steering with due course toward the isle of Rhodes …—
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
especially
: a small island : islet
I once lived on the … island of Antiparos, a tiny isle behind Paros. —Emily Prager
Emily Prager Islay is a small Hebridean isle, some 25 miles in length, with a population of less than 4,000, yet it boasts eight of the oldest and most famous distilleries in Scotland. —Henry Shukman
Henry Shukman
isled; isling
Examples of isle in a Sentence
Noun
the Australian seas are rife with uninhabited isles
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The shaky isles Many of the subsiding areas are home to heavy industries, ports and other critical infrastructure like wastewater treatment plants.
—Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The Virgin isles are a place of stiff rums rather than grizzled whale meats in the frosty expanse of Greenland.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Lovely vistas unfold at every turn on the isle that’s tucked between the Atlantic Ocean and Currituck Sound.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
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Noun
As an ancient threat endangers Vikings and dragons alike on the isle of Berk, the unlikely friendship between Hiccup, an inventive Viking, and Toothless, a Night Fury dragon, becomes the key to both species forging a new future together.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
The shaky isles Many of the subsiding areas are home to heavy industries, ports and other critical infrastructure like wastewater treatment plants.
—Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The Virgin isles are a place of stiff rums rather than grizzled whale meats in the frosty expanse of Greenland.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Lovely vistas unfold at every turn on the isle that’s tucked between the Atlantic Ocean and Currituck Sound.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Isle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/isle. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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