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sands

Pronunciation: [sændz]

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Learn how to use sands in a sentence: 6 audio examples across 2 meanings.

Context: “nature”

(noun) a very small, grainy material found on beaches and deserts. It’s what you feel under your feet when you walk on the beach or what you see in an hourglass.

Example

The children played happily in the soft sands at the beach.

Example

They didn’t find any sands in the dry area; it was all just rocks.

Example

What color are the sands on your favorite beach?

Context: “time”

(noun) a unit of measurement for time passing, often used when talking about time running out. It can describe the way time goes quickly, like how sand flows in an hourglass.

Example

As the sands of time trickled down, everyone remembered their happy moments.

Example

The sands of time did not help him remember the earlier days he wanted to relive.

Example

Do you think the sands of time are moving too fast for us?

How to pronounce sands

Pronunciation: [sændz]

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