sand dunes
Example Sentences
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Moving rapidly through dense pine forests, the blaze spread to the Cap-Ferret peninsula, a popular tourist destination on the Atlantic coast long favoured by wealthy French families and known for sand dunes and oyster shacks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
It is found only in a narrow strip of sand dunes in southern Africa, where it burrows into the sand.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Located further north along the coast, its broad flat sand dunes inspired a new level of abstraction in his work, and set the stage for the final seascapes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Researchers collected soil samples from sand dunes, salt flats, riverbeds, and mountainous terrain.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026
And once exposed, it behaved as though it were itself a plant and flourished into a huge suede-gray flower that throbbed like fever, and sighed like the shift of sand dunes.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
