sand
Example Sentences
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They cost them strokes, require a unique swing to escape, and force players to clean up any mess they leave behind in the sand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Natural gas is used by glass manufacturers to run their furnaces, which melt sand, soda ash, limestone and recycled glass into molten glass blobs which are then shaped into bottles.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Some cichlids evolved into predators, while others specialized in feeding on algae, sifting sand, or consuming plankton.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
Kinney disappeared in 1999 and on June 17, 2022, a family looking for sea shells on Salmon Creek State Beach came across a bone sticking out of the sand.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
My thoughts felt sluggish, like someone had poured sand in my brain.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
