How to Use sandstorm in a Sentence

sandstorm

noun
  • They were caught in a sandstorm.
  • In the middle distance, sandstorms churn across the plain.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Gone was all the trivia, whirling away in a sandstorm of memory.
    — Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Sep. 2020
  • And like a sandstorm battering a building, this process erodes the edges.
    — Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2015
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tyla gave us a sandstorm of beauty in her custom Balmain dress made of sand.
    — Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
  • 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
  • Camel hoof prints are carved into the sandy floor and the palm trees even look faded from decades of being blasted by sandstorms.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Joel remembers a guy putting dust in their faces to make the sandstorm more realistic.
    — Cindy Watts, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • This little black cloud would turn into a sandstorm that was blinding and threw the camera equipment around.
    — Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
  • This little black cloud would turn into a sandstorm that was blinding and threw the camera equipment around.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Haboob is an Arabic word for a violent dust storm or sandstorm.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Dax and Emily met and fell in love during the nuclear sandstorm.
    — Al Mullen, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
  • One time a sandstorm grounded the party at an outpost near Baghdad.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 17 July 2018
  • Hanks is the tablespoonful of sugar that helps the sandstorm go down.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 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
  • The dust was everywhere, like a sudden sandstorm, burning the Nirs’ eyes and throats.
    — Washington Post, 1 July 2021
  • The ship turned sideways in a blinding sandstorm and wedged itself into both banks of the waterway.
    — USA Today, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The above clip opens with a camera shot speeding toward what appears to be a sandstorm in an unidentified desert.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 20 Sep. 2021
  • That was when a sandstorm blew over the map and created a sort of Mad Max aesthetic.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • And bring a lightweight shawl for protection from the sun as well as the occasional sandstorm.
    — Hanya Yanagihara, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2016
  • Slippery surface, brutal launches The test took place just days after a sandstorm passed through the area.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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