noun
Etymology
Origin of sandworm
Example Sentences
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With the metal in colliding knives, the foley work of sand beneath a boot and the glottal roaring of a sandworm, I am reduced to a slack, muttering, awe-struck child.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025
Did your team have access to the designs from the “Dune” films, for example, for the sandworm we get to see in the finale?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2024
In Dune: Part One, we see this effect represented, as Chalamet’s Paul seems to sink into sand he was standing on moments before when a sandworm moves nearby.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024
The item is supposed to represent a giant sandworm, the beasts that slither under the desert planet Arrakis.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
Worms are represented in the minds of most people by the common earthworm or sandworm.
From The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope by Crampton, Henry Edward
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