How to Use barrier island in a Sentence

barrier island

noun
  • The barrier island is about four miles long and, for the most part, one house wide.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2025
  • The barrier island is about four miles long and, for the most part, one house wide.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
  • The damage has been far worse on the barrier islands to the south.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But barrier islands also flank much of the lower part of the state.
    — Ben Finley, The Seattle Times, 11 Sep. 2018
  • With wild horses, sandy trails and historic ruins, this barrier island feels like a step back in time.
    — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2025
  • But the real draw here is the 11-mile barrier island on which the resort sits.
    — Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • In fact, almost every inch of the state’s barrier island beaches is now man-made.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Whooping cranes winter in Texas on a chain of barrier islands.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The city bought two billboards to blast out the message to drivers coming in and out of the barrier island.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
  • This 13-mile barrier island changed hands eight times over the past 450-plus years.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • Take your pick of pristine sandy stretches on quiet barrier islands or in lively beach towns.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2026
  • Its grounds have been preserved to maintain its native barrier island ecosystem, one of the last in the state.
    — Catie Wegman, sun-sentinel.com, 9 July 2019
  • Some sit at the edge of resort towns while others on barrier islands, shaped by shifting tides and the rhythm of local life.
    — AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
  • And the hassle of waiting way too long at the bridge, trying to get back and forth from the mainland to the barrier island.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The barrier islands are landforms that developed from the buildup of tidal sand deposits.
    — Sara Novak, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Friday’s winds and rains broke apart the barrier island’s main pier, one of several in the state to crumble and wash away.
    — Steve Helber, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
  • One death was blamed on the flooding, on the barrier island of Pellestrina.
    — chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Less than 10 miles away, crews were finishing the search for bodies on a coastal barrier island.
    — Jay Reeves, ajc, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The barrier island features a boardwalk with views of mangrove forests, plus lots of live oaks, paradise trees, and wild limes.
    — Ana Pelayo Connery, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
  • From cute small towns to barrier islands, these are some of the best places in Georgia to spend your retirement years.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Offshore reefs and barrier islands would frame a lagoon and protect it as well as the island from the lake’s pounding.
    — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The year was 1896, and the tiny barrier island had taken a direct hit.
    — Stephanie Castellano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The leisurely drive through a tunnel of oaks takes you onto the barrier island which, although close to the mainland, feels worlds away.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
  • So what else makes this thin barrier island, part of the Outer Banks, such a good investment?
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The 8-mile-long barrier island is known for its calm Gulf waters, dolphin sightings, and more.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Swells from the storm have overwashed waterfront properties and roads on the barrier islands.
    — David Schutz, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • This incredible state park, home to some of the best beaches in Maryland, sits on a barrier island just off the coast.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
  • In their natural state, barrier islands are ephemeral.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Instead, the Brevard barrier island case was simply framed as common sense.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Guests can bike to the shore, head into Tavira for excellent seafood, or take a solar boat ride to one of the barrier islands.
    — Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026

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