"Instead, you kind of struggle to create a little island to have time alone to deal with those things."

He later decided to create an imaginary island based on these paintings.

The small fire created an island of warmth in the cool forest.

The government has created an island where everything works.

"To speak English on the train created an island, separated me from the people around us," he writes.

The goal, he put it another way, is creating an island of constancy.

The damming also created several small islands within the pond.

I want to create safe islands where, if necessary, we'll protect each and every building individually.

The candlelight created a golden island in the gloom of the drawing room.

Creating an artificial island is an expensive and risky undertaking.