Thesaurus results for SANDSTORM

sandstorm

noun

as in rainstorm

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Recent Examples of sandstorm The film blends documentary and fiction to tell the dramatic and heartrending story of Mongolian herders Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg’s difficult decision to leave their homelands after the arrival of a powerful and destructive sandstorm. —

Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025 In the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, the famous skies were veiled by a freak sandstorm from the Sahara. —

IEEE Spectrum, 16 Sep. 2025 Haboob is an Arabic word for a violent dust storm or sandstorm. —

Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Blending documentary and fiction, the film tells the story of Mongolian herders Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg who make the difficult decision to leave their homelands after the arrival of a powerful and destructive sandstorm, a situation made worse by the climate crisis. —

Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for sandstorm

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Its unlikely that the weekend’s rainstorm is a direct product of the El Niño cycle, which forecasters predict will emerge sometime in May through July, said Schoenfeld.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Nathan Swain repairs a ford just west of the settlement that was washed away during a recent rainstorm.

— NPR, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026