How to Use dune in a Sentence

dune

noun

• We wandered over the dunes.
• On the bare dune, the waves rolled up the face of the dune and then back down.
  — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 15 June 2023
• On the other side of a steep, sandy dune, the ocean roared.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2022
• Or just plant yourself among the dunes and nap to the sound of the waves lapping.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
• Meanwhile, on the dunes, the sun rose and colored the mountains.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• Your hosts will take you out in the dune buggies early in the evening.
  — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2022
• The dune and beach southeast of the dam, known as Rick's Beach, will be open to the public.
  — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
• Thanks to the line of traps, the dune survived the assault of Dorian.
  — Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022
• Large waves, high winds, and the water lines is into the dunes.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Sand dunes disappeared from the coast in the storm surge.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 17 Sep. 2018
• At the beach house, each room is designed to focus on the dunes, waves, and sky.
  — Samantha Weiss Hills, Curbed, 30 July 2018
• Any sandy desert, like the dunes at San Luis Obispo, is a dream as well.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
• His road trip takes us to and through peaks and dunes of the Southwest and winds up across the border.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
• It’s one of several state parks in the area and home to three rare coastal dune lakes.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 11 Mar. 2021
• On the way back, Almazrouei parks the buggy on a dune above the Liwa Nights camp.
  — Barry Neild, CNN, 28 Sep. 2022
• The dunes aren’t as tall as those at Great Sand Dunes, but some are high enough to give kids a thrill.
  — Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Oil is also tucked beneath the rolling dunes of the Empty Quarter and the seabed of the Gulf.
  — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2019
• This is just the tip of the iceberg, or dune, of what Zemi offers.
  — Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
• Great Sand Dunes allows dogs to hike to the top of the highest dune on the first ridge of the park, then cool off in Medano Creek.
  — Emily Pennington, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2021
• There the dunes and plants would protect the nests of the snowy plover and other bird species from people and dogs.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
• Dry river mouths gape among dunes the height of cathedrals.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
• Those dunes can be as high as 600 feet, well above the average.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
• The house was called Grey Gardens because of the color of the dunes, the cement garden walls, and the sea mist.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
• Where sand dunes abut a lakebed, dig in the depression behind the first dune.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 19 June 2020
• Teenagers hurtled down the dune while their friends took pictures.
  — Johannes Lichtman, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2021
• Two exhibit panels are up at the dune that explore the past and present of the site.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2020
• The boulders are being placed at the edge of the water and along what’s left of the dune protecting the pavilion.
  — Amy Lavalley, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2021
• The piece’s three curved steel beams were supposed to represent the landscape of a desert and dunes.
  — Gabriel Greschler, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
• Those same properties used to be filled with land, dunes and dry sand, the service said.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2024
• Elevated beach-style homes sitting atop pilings were once protected by dunes and dry sand.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024