islands

"We took a boat trip to visit some small islands off the coast. "

"The quiet study group was an island of focus amidst the noisy, distracted classroom. "

"The pilot carefully landed the plane on the aircraft carrier's islands. "

"the island in the middle of a roundabout"

"The map showed several unincorporated islands of land completely surrounded by the city of Springfield. "

"The phrase "the student who I suspect studies islands of algebra" forms an island because you can't easily extract "which islands" without creating an ungrammatical sentence like "Which islands do I suspect the student who studies?". "

"The rising floodwaters threatened to island the houses closest to the river. "

"The artist used white paint to islands the blue canvas with small, abstract shapes. "

"The strict rules of the new school isolated the students, islands of quiet contemplation surrounded by the bustling halls. "