Sands

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A surname
3. sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass, from which
4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Marquette County, Michigan, United States.
5. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Marquette County, Michigan, United States
6. a unit of time.
   figuratively
7. an expanse of sand, as in a desert or on a sandy seashore.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“The sands of a lifetime are rapidly running out.”

“We were lost in the sands of Arabia.”

“Most of the old fishermen's cottages have⟳ been unobtrusively modernised, the harbour is busy with summer yachts, and the sands are superb.”

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