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
There’s a trick to lassoing a sandworm: Be simple.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
But Goldman points to the teeny-tiny nematode, or roundworm, as a possible sandworm cousin.
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 Henry Edward Crampton
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