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Meanings of dune in English

Russian
дюны
Portuguese
dunas de areia
Spanish
dunas
Catalan
dunes
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Landform, hill of sand.

дюны
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Examples for "sand dune"
Examples for "sand dune"
1
I just hoped I wouldn't break an ankle crossing a sand dune.
Gentlemen prefer succubi
2
Annabeth and Grover were standing at the top of the sand dune.
The Sea of Monsters
3
A man's voice spoke from the shadows of a sand dune.
Iron lace
4
Seeing no weapons he sat down at the edge of the sand dune.
The Tarn of Eternity
5
He listened to Monckton and promptly chucked him headfirst into a sand dune.
The Guardian
1
But the general form of the sand hill was still the same.
The Winning of Barbara Worth
2
It is a large sand hill, and well wooded at the back.
Adventures in New Guinea
3
At seven miles made Mr. Babbage's old camp on a sand hill.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
4
The sand hill where Bastian was standing just then was ultramarine blue.
The Neverending Story
5
Got up at the first peep of day and ascended the sand hill.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
Usage of dune in English
1
The musician must be climbing up the far side of the dune.
The Desert Drum / 1905
2
This was the dune region of the Ordos, the subdesert called Maowushu.
Lost in translation
3
I just hoped I wouldn't break an ankle crossing a sand dune.
Gentlemen prefer succubi
4
The sand was virginal-nosign of Richard or of the dune buggy.
Night Shift
5
Liv climbed to the top of the dune and looked back east.
The half-made world
6
Because come on-howcould a laser-shooting ,drone-killingdune buggy not be fun?
Wired
7
He raced for a small dune and flung himself down behind it.
The Young Lions
8
They ran to the right and threw themselves behind a six-foot-high dune.
The Young Lions
9
She was thinking of that dreary wintry stretch of sand and dune.
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him
10
Kassad took ten paces and stopped on a curve of frozen dune.
The Hyperion Cantos
11
Each footstep an effort, he followed his own track up the dune.
Planet of the Damned
12
Then it's down the dune for a bit of cuddle with Pen.
The Guardian
13
She dropped the basket and rushed to the top of the dune.
Winter’s Tale
14
Annabeth and Grover were standing at the top of the sand dune.
The Sea of Monsters
15
The man stood on the crest of the dune behind her campsite.
Funland
16
The man remained atop the dune, and pointed again to the horizon.
The Assassin’s Blade
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