Example Sentences

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“Arid” would be one word; any flavor had baked out, and a sandlike texture had been achieved.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

True to its title, “Memoria’s” theme is memory and its shifting seams and sandlike substrate, on which the footing of the film — and, by extension, our footing as well — is never terribly sure.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022

They pump liquid and sandlike particles into molded channels and tributaries to test water flow.

From Scientific American • Jan. 27, 2022

The mine’s tailings include a wet, siltlike slurry and dry, sandlike grains.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 3, 2020

It was filled with some kind of heavy, sandlike stuff which yielded wherever you touched it.

From "1984" by George Orwell