How to Use sand trap in a Sentence

sand trap

noun

• The sand traps on the left side of the green may in fact be the safer miss.
  — star-telegram, 16 May 2018
• Golfers will putt their balls across the big wave and avoid the sand trap.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 June 2021
• Shots long are likely to find one of four large sand traps.
  — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2018
• The Spirit rover, mired in a Martian sand trap, was shut down in 2011.
  — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019
• All of the above is a tee up for a drive directly into the sand trap of guilt.
  — Ellie Krieger, Houston Chronicle, 19 June 2019
• The car landed on its roof in a sand trap, killing the Rev. Christopher Coleman.
  — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• It’s used for glass, casting in foundries, even playgrounds and golf course sand traps.
  — Geoffrey Giller, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2019
• Hauling his fat ass out of sand trap, playing his 192nd round of golf.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2018
• The course has uphill, downhill and sidehill lies, fast greens and sand traps on all but one hole.
  — Joyce Rudolph, latimes.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• Lew drove his second shot into the sand trap after hooking his tee shot to the left.
  — Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 16 May 2018
• Driving the ball uphill over a lake gives way to long fairway and green guarded by sand traps.
  — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 19 June 2018
• His drive on the 10th hole had landed in trouble but not deep trouble, coming to a stop in the middle of the sand trap that defends the front of the green.
  — New York Times, 16 July 2022
• At 17, Schauffele found himself in more trouble, this time when a drive landed in a sand trap.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2021
• No obstacle looms larger than the expansive sand trap that wraps around the entire front half of the green.
  — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2018
• Its windows look over the in-ground heated pool, a putting green with a sand trap, and ample space for gatherings and a game of croquet.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2022
• Its windows look over the in-ground heated pool, a putting green with a sand trap, and ample space for gatherings and a game of croquet.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2023
• Anaconda’s Old Works Golf Course — which has slag in its sand traps — sells souvenir slag and a golf ball in a sealed container.
  — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019
• Out in Arizona, Caterpillar built a driving range where not only the green but also the trees and the sand traps are on the move, carried around by big ol' trucks.
  — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2015
• At Topgolf, 10 targets (and a few sand traps) of varying size are positioned throughout the field.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2019
• Both are small, slope back to front, are severely perched (especially from the back) and neither has any sand traps.
  — star-telegram, 16 May 2018
• Its par-3, 175-yard third hole is one of the most difficult short frames in the state with a careful drive needed to avoid the dangers of a sloping green and two nearby sand traps.
  — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 15 June 2023
• Anaconda’s golf course, which has slag in its sand traps, offers slag and a golf ball in a sealed container as a souvenir.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
• The sand traps are generally small and not that deep, aiding in recovery shots.
  — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2018
• Siller, the course’s golf pro, went to find out why the truck had driven onto the fairway and gotten stuck near a sand trap, investigators said.
  — Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 31 Aug. 2022
• The layout has undergone a slight redesign this spring, eliminating a large chunk of the sand trap that ran along the front and right of the green and turning it into a grass bunker.
  — Brent Kennedy, Howard County Times, 20 June 2018
• Police have said that the truck, found lodged in a sand trap, was registered to Pierson, but have released few other details.
  — Christian Boone, ajc, 7 July 2021
• The best homes are not predictable models next to a sand trap, protected by a net or shatterproof windows.
  — Sam Lubell, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
• Bought with burger money from a former Dodgers star, the palatial estate includes a two-hole golf course complete with a sand trap.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2022
• Hints of the once popular and well-tended golf course emerge at various intervals, such as the overgrown sand trap.
  — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2022
• Due to family drama, Moisés and Christian split up before reaching Wendy and Gina, who are tasked with getting both men in the sand trap.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024