The concrete island was visible only as a shadow through the shroud of mist which lay just above the water.

The highway that ran north and east looked more like a series of concrete islands than a road.

Most of the smaller stops are nothing more than concrete "islands" in the middle of the street next to the tracks.

We stand on the concrete island between the double streams of traffic.

The malls are concrete islands, wide enough for only a tree or two and a few pedestrians pausing to cross the street.

The Broadway bulbs are concrete islands set just off the sidewalk.

A "concrete island" is also a microclimate effect on some large cities, such as Tokyo.

She had expanded the pool thirty years ago, making it twenty-five meters long, with a small concrete island in the center.

Locals flee the city's sweaty concrete islands for life in the country or at the beach.

Remaining in position behind the concrete island, he stood, to his full six feet, and peered around wildly, looking for new refuge.