atoll

How To Use atoll In A Sentence

• Tuvelu is one of the smallest countries on earth, a chain of nine coral atolls whose highest point is just a few meters above sea level.
• The ayatollah broke with Iran's clerical leadership and became a vehement critic, denouncing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and calling the postelection crackdown the work of a dictatorship. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
• When you hear the terms imam and ayatollah, these refer to Shiite religious leaders. CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2006
• `So such a bridge was begun at last, under the old ayatollah president. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
• The former chief of the judiciary and close ally of Khamenei, Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi, was quoted Monday in Iranian newspapers as calling the postelection rifts a "family dispute" that can be worked out through dialogue. Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
• Chants and oral traditions suggest native Hawaiians also visited other islands and atolls in the chain.
• Communities on the coral atolls are usually concentrated along the leeward shoreline of lagoons.
• And to call the ayatollah's words lame propaganda ignores the fact that it is so effective in rallying our enemies. "This defeat is actually an obvious victory for the Iranian nation."
• Mr. Sistani, the true hero of Iraq's survival and incipient renaissance, is the standard-bearer of the traditional Shiite view of politics called "quietism," which rejects the clerical rule invented by the Ayatollah Khomenei in Iran. Coming to Terms With Iraqi Democracy
• Come daybreak, the atoll was about three miles (five kilometers) away and had rough water.