Examples of islet in a Sentence
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
Recent Examples on the Web
Transplanted islet cells can help the pancreas produce insulin.19
Weight loss surgery: This surgery helps treat obesity, which can lower blood sugar if other treatments and lifestyle modifications fail.
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Amanda MacMillan, Health, 9 Mar. 2024
It is made up of over 18,000 islands and islets, of which 6,000 are inhabited, and over 150 languages spoken across its breadth.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
The northern islets, including the Gunner’s Coin, Round Island, Flat Island and Ilot Gabriel, offer striking scenery with various landscapes formed by corals, rocks and shallows.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
The 18-room Bom Bom sits at its northernmost tip surrounded by turtle-nesting sites; wander across the spindly wooden bridge to a pristine islet offering dramatic sea views.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2024
Half a millennium ago, in what is now Peru, the indigenous Uros people used thatches of reeds to build floating islets in Lake Titicaca, likely as a safe haven from Incan encroachment.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The picture-perfect islet has bathroom facilities and picnic tables and is frequented by locals and visitors alike.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
Kinmen was the site of frequent fighting during the height of the Cold War but is today a popular tourist destination, though many of the islets which are part of the island group are heavily fortified by Taiwan’s military and off limits to civilians.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2024
Grupo Beta, an aid group with the Mexican National Institute of Migration, rescued the trio from an islet where they were stranded in the Rio Grande.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
Amanda MacMillan, Health, 9 Mar. 2024
It is made up of over 18,000 islands and islets, of which 6,000 are inhabited, and over 150 languages spoken across its breadth.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
The northern islets, including the Gunner’s Coin, Round Island, Flat Island and Ilot Gabriel, offer striking scenery with various landscapes formed by corals, rocks and shallows.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
The 18-room Bom Bom sits at its northernmost tip surrounded by turtle-nesting sites; wander across the spindly wooden bridge to a pristine islet offering dramatic sea views.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2024
Half a millennium ago, in what is now Peru, the indigenous Uros people used thatches of reeds to build floating islets in Lake Titicaca, likely as a safe haven from Incan encroachment.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The picture-perfect islet has bathroom facilities and picnic tables and is frequented by locals and visitors alike.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
Kinmen was the site of frequent fighting during the height of the Cold War but is today a popular tourist destination, though many of the islets which are part of the island group are heavily fortified by Taiwan’s military and off limits to civilians.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2024
Grupo Beta, an aid group with the Mexican National Institute of Migration, rescued the trio from an islet where they were stranded in the Rio Grande.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islet. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət 
1
: a little island
Medical Definition
islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət
: a small isolated mass of one type of tissue within a different type
specifically
: islet of langerhans
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