Definition of DUNES

Examples of dune in a Sentence

We wandered over the dunes.

Recent Examples on the Web

Beaches lose points for water that's too chilly, sand that's too coarse, condo towers instead of dunes, riptides and drownings, erosion and limited public access. — Beth J. Harpaz, chicagotribune.com, "Maui's Kapalua Bay Beach tops Dr. Beach's best beach list," 25 May 2018 Outside, the remote home is nestled amongst Danish sand dunes, just 55 yards from the North Sea. — Anna Zambelli, House Beautiful, "Hide Out on the Beach in This Camouflaged Cottage," 15 Oct. 2015 Dry river mouths gape among dunes the height of cathedrals. — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, "Going Off-Grid in Namibia," 21 Dec. 2018 Sublimation is an important part of the dunes' story, the researchers found. — Mike Wall, Space.com, "Pluto Has Dunes, But They're Not Made of Sand," 31 May 2018 Sand dunes disappeared from the coast in the storm surge. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Photos: what Hurricane Florence’s destruction looks like on the ground," 17 Sep. 2018 Researchers suspect it might be made of finer material than nearby dunes, according to a news release. — Ashley May, USA TODAY, "Stunning NASA photo shows blue sand dune on Mars, the Red Planet," 25 June 2018 Namibia’s Hoanib Valley Camp has been tipped as the destination, a luxury $660 per person, per night camp nestled in a romantic landscape of mountain ranges, sand dunes and private expanses of desert. — Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com, "100 Questions About the Royal Wedding Answered!," 7 May 2018 New Mexico’s White Sands National Monument is a desolate place; sparse vegetation pokes up throughout its salt flats and white gypsum dunes. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Fossil Tracks May Record Ancient Humans Hunting Giant Sloths," 30 Apr. 2018

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