Preposition: of

• injustice: Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.

Converse of object

• form: Two large water mains had both ruptured, and flowing underground had formed a quicksand.

• avoid: When it is grounded to the floor, try to avoid the quicksand by doing multiple jumps.

Adjective modifier

• dangerous: Spanning the coastline of northern Lancashire and southern Cumbria, Morecambe Bay has dangerous quicksands and fast moving tides.

• treacherous: Imagine a million square miles of empty desert, an unmapped land patched with treacherous quicksand, a blisteringly hot place lashed by sandstorms.

• technological: Rothenberg, J. , Avoiding technological quicksand, op cit.