How to Use sandy in a Sentence

sandy

adjective
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  • The soil in my garden is very sandy.
  • The soil up there is sandy and acidic, and my soil is clay.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2022
  • About 2½ miles of sandy Mediterranean coast lie very close to the throb of the streets.
    — Christian L. Wright, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Keep in mind, the sandy trail can feel slippery on the way down at the end.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • In places, the ground was sandy, and Canales’s boots sunk into it.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022
  • From the sandy beaches with a glass of champagne in your hand.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Straight teeth and sandy hair, Izod T-shirts and madras skirts and boat shoes.
    — Longreads, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The Golden Gate Bridge, next to blue water and a sandy beach.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Rows and rows of sandy soil have been turned up with mounds of dirt over the bodies.
    — Michael Tobin, Fox News, 9 June 2022
  • Deep dives Our knowledge of the sandy and rocky bottom of the seas is quite patchy.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Any sandy desert, like the dunes at San Luis Obispo, is a dream as well.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Those designed to fish from a sandy beach are called sand spikes.
    — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
  • At 220-feet long, the pool featured a sandy beach and a water slide.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2024
  • But city planners didn’t know how to build on the sandy terrain.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • He is buried in a patch of sandy earth beside her mud brick home.
    — Fox News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Mother and son walked the sandy floors with candles in hand.
    — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
  • The second was a zoomed out map of a sandy city with large domed buildings.
    — Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Hitting the low, sandy bottom, the decrepit boat broke apart about 100 yards from the shore.
    — Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • At slow speeds, the Crosstrek is happy to climb sandy hills and straddle small ravines.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The slide took out part of an ocean-view patio and left a 15-to-20-foot, sheer face of sandy soil at the edge of the buildings.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2023
  • Sure, sliding down the sandy dunes in a game like Journey is serene and all.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 18 June 2022
  • Some of the roads outside the center of town are more like sandy, rocky paths than paved streets.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The Kuya Lord chef-owner makes a sandy paste full of chiles and fried garlic.
    — Times Food Staff, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Follow the path another .6 miles to the sandy beach, just across Perch Street.
    — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Washing and re-washing sandy greens can take a lot of time.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
  • For centuries, waves crashed against the sandy beaches of the east coast of England.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
  • The palace courtyards, where the women learn to fight, are a rich playground of sandy reds and golds.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Sep. 2022
  • This is a great one for a sandy beach, park, or campground that will get you on your feet.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • Lakefront living: The house and sandy beach provide a 300-degree overlook of Lake Norman's serene waters.
    — Alexis Clinton, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Tie up the boat and spend the day perusing the surrounding shops, swimming off the dock and from a small, sandy beachfront, and lounging in beach chairs before digging into a new happy hour menu at sunset.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024

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