sand
Example Sentences
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So she threw four ripe coconuts thump! into the sand and climbed down after them.
From Literature
Bed rest can go pound sand: Ray J gave his all on stage on Friday night, it seems, with fan videos showing his eyes appearing to bleed as he worked the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times
The Broomway is a route across flat sands from the shore near Southend-on-Sea to Foulness Island and is home to a Ministry of Defence firing range.
From BBC
It’s also clear to everyone that his governing majority was built on sand, and the tide seems to be coming in.
From Salon
It stretches northward into desolate permafrost regions flush with “oil sands” that produce about nine times as much crude as Alaska.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
