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
• Then, from the depths of a CGI dune, emerges a smart ring.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
• 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
• And there’s a part of me that wants to end this now and propose here in the sand dunes.
  — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 26 Feb. 2018
• 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
• Site 16, on the northern end of the park, is a favorite, perched on a sand dune along the lake.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 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
• The dunes can tower as much as 700 feet above the valley floor.
  — latimes.com, 20 May 2018
• Oil is also tucked beneath the rolling dunes of the Empty Quarter and the seabed of the Gulf.
  — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2019
• For a full rundown of the park’s dunes, visit the NPS website.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
• 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
• One such vehicle ran over and killed one of the horses the first week of June, as the mare roamed among the dunes.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 2 July 2018
• 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 vehicle tracks covered more than two miles of the 680-foot-tall dunes.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
• This trip starts on the coast and ends with the dunes in the Mojave Desert, so there’s plenty of sand along the way, as well as big rocks, desert camping, and hiking.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 14 Mar 2025