the sands of time

noun phrase

—used to refer to the passage of time

dreams that have faded in the sands of time

Many civilizations have been buried by the sands of time.

Examples of the sands of time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For all his sneering arrogance and trappings of conceit, that once-almighty but long-forgotten pharaoh was unprotected from the ravages of the sands of time. —Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026

It’s swept away with the sands of time. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026

Telal Resort Al Ain, Abu Dhabi Telal Resort rolls back the sands of time with uninterrupted views of deep caramel dunes stretching for miles. —Emma Pearson, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Sep. 2025

Verse two offered more specifics from the past – matching tattoos, love in a clover field – but filtered through the sands of time. —Tom Roland, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025

But only a tiny handful of the greatest leave footprints on the sands of time. —Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2025

Covered by the sands of time, buried by the scirocco of a new season, the golden edge of a Tiffany trophy poking through a dune as the Premier League nears on the horizon. —James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 June 2025

Her age was a complete mystery and may be forever lost to the sands of time. —Sarah Miller, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025

That image, sadly, is fading, and not because of the sands of time. —Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for the sands of time

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime