sand - use in sentences

Object

  • sealer: You could try Finney's shellac sanding sealer to separate the stain from the finish.

Converse of object

  • shelve: A mile-long bay of gently shelving fine sand with a backdrop of dunes at Studland.

Adjective modifier

  • golden: Large expanse of golden sand, even at high tide.
  • coarse: Mix it with washed coarse sharp sand, around 1 part lime to 4 of sand.
  • wind-blown: West believed that the erosion of the Sphinx was not caused by the action of wind-blown sand, but by water.
  • soft: Beaches of soft white sand fringed by palms lead to the Indian Ocean.
  • powdery: Emily looked around, trying to find the source of the laughing, and saw nothing but powdery sand, and oases.
  • sharp: Mix it with washed coarse sharp sand, around 1 part lime to 4 of sand.

Modifies a noun

  • dune: Harlech Castle from the sand dunes How do sand dunes form?
  • martin: SAND MARTIN 200+ over Agia Reservoir on 23 rd in the morning.
  • lizard: The heathlands are of outstanding importance for reptiles, most notably the nationally rare sand lizard Lacerta agilis and smooth snake Coronella austriaca.
  • eel: That is more than the sand eel population can stand.
  • pit: Playing in the back garden â we had a sand pit.
  • beach: Relax on the white sand beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.

Noun used with modifier

  • silica: The bottom of the tank can then be covered with a mixture of silica sand and coral sand to a depth of 2-3 cm.
  • quartz: Paste grey-coloured, mixed with large quantity of fine quartz sand and grit.
  • desert: The desert sands buried the Indian [ Central Asian ] cities.
  • tar: The reserves in the Alberta tar sands are quoted at 180 billion barrels, bigger than that of every OPEC country except Saudi Arabia.
  • machair: Owen, N. , Kent, M. and Dale, P. ( 2001 ) Effects of burial on machair sand dune vegetation.
  • thou-: LC _ NUMERIC specifies the decimal and thou- sands delimiters.

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