Sentence examples for hidden island from inspiring English sources

The name – meaning hidden island – says it all.

It's the seaside town in winter, the walled garden, the crazily stacked apartment blocks, the occultist's tower, the cursed book, the aesthete's hidden island lost among the fens that remain.

Many say it was the Philippines that provided the inspiration for Alex Garland's The Beach (he lived and travelled there), and the plot - following a secret map to a hidden island paradise - would be more plausible had it been set here rather than comparatively overrun Thailand.

The mice that had eaten a DHA-poor diet took significantly longer to find the hidden island than those that had chowed DHA.

Heading back to pack our bags beneath those same glowering ancestors (who somehow now look less forbidding) we consider how the misadventure of an ill-timed traffic jam on the Bosphorus Bridge brought us to this hidden island paradise.

The plot has G.I. Joe called in to stop Cobra when they develop a secret bio-weapon on their hidden island base.

There is possibly a musical theatre company hidden on Sherkin Island doing a production of Wicked right now, but they haven't been found yet.

Or explore Lastovo's tumbledown Old Town, which is hidden in the island's interior – an ancient protective measure against pirates.

To escape the hubbub in town, the trick is to rent one of the whitewashed, tiled-roof houses that dot the 19-square- mile island, hidden down sandy lanes on gorse slopes that ooze the scent of liquorice, eucalyptus and juniper and command views to cliff tops that crumble away to transparent seas.

If you're headed to the Star Fish Company (12306 46th Avenue West; 941-794-1243; www.comrfishcompany.com), a fish market-cum-restaurant hidden near the island's entrance in Cortez, one of the last commercial fishing villages left in the gulf, prepare to settle in for a while.

The Song kept their fleet hidden behind the island of Qibao Shan.