sand

Example Sentences

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Gradually, these crevices became filled with sand and a standard part of the golf landscape.

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

However, this move gives us a clear line in the sand to play against on the long side now.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Some cichlids evolved into predators, while others specialized in feeding on algae, sifting sand, or consuming plankton.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

He would build the fire close to the lake, and put wet sand all around it to keep it from spreading.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret