Sentence examples for islands of humanity from inspiring English sources

Time and again Burleigh presents other voices and urges us to listen to them, even if they were those of a minority -- islands of humanity in a sea of bloodshed and indifference.

Historically, we were islands of humanity surrounded by seemingly infinite green ecosystems.

But in Kenya, with human habitation spreading out across the country, the animals' habitats are becoming no more than islands in a sea of humanity.

The inhabited islands hold other bizarre tales of humanity's misguided attempts to settle, including a spectacularly unsuccessful foray by a group of 2,000 Norwegians who turned up thinking this was the new Tahiti.

Reflecting parents' fears is the circular of the Karnataka Unaided Schools Managements Association, which asks, "Will not such mixing of children from different strata of society create conflict, discord and controversy among children and parents in your school?" Life goes on this way in the great republic with a perpetual battle between the island people and a sea of humanity.

A planned film adaptation of "Lord of the Flies," the 1954 novel that examined the inherent evil of humanity through an island of boys without adult supervision, will have a provocative twist: This time, the island will be full of girls.

Within the space of a century, though, the situation has reversed: we are seas of humanity, surrounding ever-dwindling island ecosystems essential for our paradise.

A major portion of humanity lives in coastal areas and small island states that will go under water.

Separated from the rest of humanity by howling winds and treacherous seas, the island served the same function as any other monastery: providing a mystical beacon, a clarion call, to guide the world toward God.

"He was full of humanity.

But also all of humanity.