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synonyms for sands

  • bank
  • beach
  • border
  • coast
  • riverbank
  • sand
  • seaboard
  • seashore
  • waterfront
  • brim
  • brink
  • coastland
  • embankment
  • lakeshore
  • lakeside
  • littoral
  • margin
  • riverside
  • seacoast
  • shingle
  • strand
On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sands, such as: bank, beach, border, coast, riverbank, and sand.

antonyms for sands

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  • center
  • interior
  • middle
  • inland
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How to use sands in a sentence

Night, high on her spangled throne, watches the sun dip down behind the Libyan sands.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
They had awaited the outcome of the Sands-Chester transaction rather from curiosity than any doubt as to the result.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
I was sent here, first off, by my friend Oliver Sands, to negotiate a loan for him—for your benefit.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
Sand and gravel are also used for "fill," for engine sands, railroad ballast and glass.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEY
“Ship on the sands, bearing south,” roared Jack Shales at the full pitch of his stentorian voice.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNE
When she lowered her eyes and looked out again across the sands, the figure had approached so close as to be recognizable.
DOPESAX ROHMER
I only felt—I wish father liked Mr. Sands as well as you and I do, but don't let's talk of him any more.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
When blown sands invade a forest and the deposit is rapidly accumulated, the trees are often buried in an undecayed condition.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER
We should be getting near the floating lights of the Goodwin sands by this time.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNE
They cannot, like the noble lifeboats, dash right into the caldron of surf, and dare the sands and seas to do their worst!
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNE
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO SANDS

  • bank
  • beach
  • border
  • brim
  • brink
  • coast
  • coastland
  • embankment
  • lakeshore
  • lakeside
  • littoral
  • margin
  • riverbank
  • riverside
  • sand
  • sands
  • seaboard
  • seacoast
  • seashore
  • shingle
  • strand
  • waterfront
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.