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Example sentences for: sand

How can you use “sand” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

For just ¥620 you can lie down and have hot sand raked over you by a grinning, grandmotherly attendant — a ten-minute ordeal you’ll never forget.
IV believed that the statue spoke to him, telling him he would become Pharaoh if he cleared the sand away.
The age-related disc degeneration in the sand rat has been shown to be reliable and predictable, and has been well characterized in previous radiologic studies [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ] . The present work extends the previous radiological studies in [ 1 ] to develop an automated computer-assisted procedure that analyses digitized lateral x-rays of the sand rat spine.
In fact, Doñana is the last great lowland wilderness sanctuary in southern Europe, and has three distinct ecosystems: the marismas (salt marshes), matorral (brushwood), and las dunas (sand dunes).
The island is situated less than 115 km (71 miles) off the coast of North Africa, and most of its sand is blown here from the Sahara, giving a new meaning to the term “desert island.”