How to Use sandstorm in a Sentence

sandstorm

noun
  • They were caught in a sandstorm.
  • In the huge sandstorm of 1882, the farm and much of the surrounding area was buried.
    Author: Henry Fountain, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Oct. 2017
  • If there's a sandstorm, the kart will veer left or right.
    Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2020
  • The plane had been flying from Tripoli to Cairo, and got lost during a sandstorm.
    Cogan Schneier and Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2020
  • High winds and a sandstorm plagued the area Tuesday, with winds gusting to 30 mph.
    Jon Gambrell and Samy Magdy, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The latest sandstorm is the fourth to hit the country since March 10, and the eighth since the start of the year, state media reported.
    Chris Lau, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
  • And like a sandstorm battering a building, this process erodes the edges.
    Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2015
  • Gone was all the trivia, whirling away in a sandstorm of memory.
    Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Workers near Pecos, Texas, were caught in a sandstorm that swept through the area on January 10.
    Julie Takahashi, Houston Chronicle, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The dust was everywhere, like a sudden sandstorm, burning the Nirs’ eyes and throats.
    Washington Post, 1 July 2021
  • And the loose soil, combined with Iceland's strong winds, has led to sandstorms that can further damage the land — and even blast the paint off cars.
    Author: Henry Fountain, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Oct. 2017
  • And right as we were supposed to turn the cameras on me, out of nowhere, this gigantic sandstorm hit us.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Truth is the only bandage to heal this global sandstorm.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Rarely does a sandstorm sweep Major League Baseball like the one that advanced to and through this year’s trade deadline.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2021
  • That fact has kicked up a bit of a sandstorm back home, with critics speculating on just how much the trip cost.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2022
  • Paper plates and plastic cups swirled across the lawn, a sandstorm of party food blowing into the pool.
    Aryn Kyle, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Dax and Emily met and fell in love during the nuclear sandstorm.
    Al Mullen, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
  • High winds and a sandstorm plagued the area Tuesday, with winds gusting as much as 50 kilometers (30 miles) per hour.
    Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Dan Balilty’s striking photograph of a man praying on a rooftop in Jerusalem during a sandstorm — with the Dome of the Rock in the background — led the essay.
    Chris Stanford, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Tyla gave us a sandstorm of beauty in her custom Balmain dress made of sand.
    Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
  • The ship turned sideways in a blinding sandstorm and wedged itself into both banks of the waterway.
    USA Today, 26 Mar. 2021
  • In October, the group used the cover of a sandstorm to attack SDF positions there, killing dozens.
    Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2018
  • In the game’s fiction, a massive sandstorm rolled in, completely changing the southern section of the map.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 24 May 2024
  • Hanks is the tablespoonful of sugar that helps the sandstorm go down.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Dubai is a place where sandstorms sweep in from the desert, blanketing the cloud-grazing skyline in dust and swallowing up its sparkle.
    Amanda Randone, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2023
  • This little black cloud would turn into a sandstorm that was blinding and threw the camera equipment around.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • One time a sandstorm grounded the party at an outpost near Baghdad.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 17 July 2018
  • Joel remembers a guy putting dust in their faces to make the sandstorm more realistic.
    Cindy Watts, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Egyptian forecasters said high winds and a sandstorm plagued the area Tuesday, with winds gusting as much as 30 mph.
    Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2021
  • While these months are still pleasant, there is the risk of unsettled conditions, sandstorms, and rain.
    Sophie Prideaux, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2023

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