sandy
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,913 of 81,628 words measured. It occurs 21,272 times across 191,625 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown also: flaxen flaxen locks
- resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas also: arenaceous, sandlike arenaceous limestonearenaceous grasses
sandy in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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My recollections of Sandy begin with my recollections of myself.
Nancy Stair: A Novel · Elinor Macartney Lane · Chapter 1
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There was nothing under it save that same sandy dust.
The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life · Homer Eon Flint · Chapter 1
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I sprang out of bed, and found that we had run, stern foremost, upon a sandy beach.
The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories · Frank R. Stockton · Chapter 1
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Not a whisper of breeze stirred the drooping foliage along the sandy shores or ruffled the liquid mirror surface.
An Apache Princess · Charles King · Chapter 1
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There were yards and yards of sandy passages, leading to storerooms and nut-cellars and seed-cellars, all amongst the roots of the hedge.
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse · Beatrix Potter · Chapter 1