How to Use dune in a Sentence
dune
noun- We wandered over the dunes.
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Crews were working to build dunes in the area.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
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Wind rattles through the dunes.
—Itay Hod, CBS News, 11 June 2026
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The clogs are available in cafe, dune and pecan.
—Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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On the bare dune, the waves rolled up the face of the dune and then back down.
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 15 June 2023
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Climb up the dunes and join the fun of gliding down them on sand boards.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
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The waves crash along the rocks as grass in the dunes sway back in forth in the cool breeze.
—David Wade, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
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The park is renowned for its wave-like dunes made of stark-white gypsum sand.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
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Visitors can hike across or sled down the bright-white dunes.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
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Your hosts will take you out in the dune buggies early in the evening.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2023
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Large waves, high winds, and the water lines is into the dunes.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 31 Aug. 2023
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The wash-and-ridge terrain includes dunes and a sand bowl.
—Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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And there’s a part of me that wants to end this now and propose here in the sand dunes.
—Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 26 Feb. 2018
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Wind reshaped the dunes, erasing the day’s tracks.
—Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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The gondola hit the dunes hard, bounced twice, then rolled on its side.
—New York Times, 17 Jan. 2018
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When winter ends, the dunes heat up, causing ice blocks to break off.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
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Or just plant yourself among the dunes and nap to the sound of the waves lapping.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
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At the beach house, each room is designed to focus on the dunes, waves, and sky.
—Samantha Weiss Hills, Curbed, 30 July 2018
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Berger was on the front of the range, blocked by a row of bushes in the sand dunes.
—Molly Blue, OregonLive.com, 24 Jan. 2018
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Load up the kids and umbrellas and toodle on down to the dunes.
—Chris Cona, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
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From there, the beach is just a few steps down a wooden walkway that leads over the dunes.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
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This is a major clearing of mature dunes with sea grapes and sea oats.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
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The trees are put down on their sides in a line behind wooden sand fences that are in the dunes.
—Brock Vergakis, The Seattle Times, 27 Jan. 2018
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Where sand dunes abut a lakebed, dig in the depression behind the first dune.
—Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 19 June 2020
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Meanwhile, on the dunes, the sun rose and colored the mountains.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
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The town has been racing to rebuild dunes, replant grass, and hold the line.
—Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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The top of the dunes offers a great view and also is the perfect place to fly a kite.
—Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 27 June 2017
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The journey up and over the dunes takes most hikers around three hours to complete.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
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There was quite a bit of beach, and the dune went out quite a bit, 50-60 feet.
—Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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While at the beach, Goggin began to dig in the soft white sand near some dunes.
—Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 31 Jan. 2018
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