Term Gallery logo

Meanings of sandstorm in English

Portuguese
tempestade de areia
Catalan
tempesta de sorra
Spanish
tormenta de polvo
Wikidata

A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand.

tempestade de areia
Wikidata

Storm or strong wind which carries dust or sand.

Usage of sandstorm in English
1
I said nothing, though, not even when the lavender sandstorm struck us.
The Great Book of Amber
2
During the sandstorm, tents were uprooted, shade shelters destroyed, and people injured.
Wired
3
To the south, the black-and-bronze shadow of a sandstorm is rising again.
Grand junction
4
Then the wind comes and blow, and make sandstorm always around Dutoitspan.
What's Bred in the Bone
5
The fading sandstorm reveals the measly shade of a forest around us.
Ice Like Fire
6
It was like trying to swim across the flank of a sandstorm.
Edge of Infinity
7
A massive red sandstorm churned across the valley, swallowing buildings and mountains.
The red pyramid
8
Lamia gets to her feet and shields her eyes from the sandstorm.
The Hyperion Cantos
9
A blowing, raging, whirling sandstorm of particles, stinging her face like pinpricks.
The Hyperion Cantos
10
A violent sandstorm that battered the area had made the situation more difficult.
Reuters
11
The second came from the southwest, barreling right toward them like a sandstorm.
Heir of Fire
12
Another sandstorm makes its way through the city one more time.
Feminist dot com
13
At the same time as the sandstorm coming from the south.
Grand junction
14
Sometimes great winds blow in the desert and bring a sandstorm.
People of Africa
15
The best that I could hope for was being smothered in a sandstorm.
Mr. Fortescue / An Andean Romance
16
It was 1 April, and the Beijing sandstorm season had begun.
The Guardian
About this term
More collocations
Translations for sandstorm
Sandstorm through the time
Sandstorm across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common