Definitions

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  • noun A landscape dominated by sand.

Etymologies

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sand +‎ -scape

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Examples

  • He allowed the undulating desert sandscape to inform the drape of a skirt or the way in which a throw wrapped around the body.

    Fashion Week: Dolce and Gabbana, Robert Cavalli, Brioni, Giorgio Armani Robin Givhan 2010

  • I have never been homicidal, and I am not feeling suicidal either as I stare into the night, limestone and granite ridges framing the distant sandscape.

    Robert David Jaffee: Punting on Israeli Army Boot Camp 2009

  • The blue of heaven rounded the sandscape to their present sight, a dome of blue flame over a plain whose colour was like that of an autumn leaf become sear.

    The Mermaid A Love Tale Lily Dougall 1890

  • Even Sony didn't seem to know where and when it was being demoed, but we tracked it down and were rewarded with a heart-stoppingly beautiful trek through a Saharan sandscape and mysterious allusions to online multiplayer.

    Eurogamer 2010

  • He spoke at a military base in the Kuwaiti desert before a vast sandscape upon which were armored trucks that had been driven out of Iraq and were waiting to be junked, sent home or taken on to Kabul, Afghanistan.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • He spoke at a military base in the Kuwaiti desert before a vast sandscape upon which were armored trucks that had been driven out of Iraq and were waiting to be junked, sent home or taken on to Kabul, Afghanistan.

    NYT > Home Page By STEPHEN FARRELL 2010

  • He spoke at a military base in the Kuwaiti desert before a vast sandscape upon which were armored trucks that had been driven out of Iraq and were waiting to be junked, sent home or taken on to Kabul.

    AroundTheCapitol.com 2010

  • He spoke at a military base in the Kuwaiti desert before a vast sandscape upon which were armored trucks that had been driven out of Iraq and were waiting to be junked, sent home or taken on to Kabul, Afghanistan.

    NYT > Home Page By STEPHEN FARRELL 2010

  • He spoke at a military base in the Kuwaiti desert before a vast sandscape upon which were armored trucks that had been driven out of Iraq and were waiting to be junked, sent home or taken on to Kabul, Afghanistan.

    The Captain's Journal Herschel Smith 2010

  • He spoke at a military base in the Kuwaiti desert before a vast sandscape upon which were armored trucks that had been driven out of Iraq and were waiting to be junked, sent home or taken on to Kabul, Afghanistan.

    NZ On Screen 2010

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