Sentence examples for sands settle from inspiring English sources

Much of the Mississippi Delta is sinking: sands settle lower as they compact over time and as the earth's crust warps.

The heaviest rocks settle first, then the finer clays and sand settle on top.

Let the dirt and sand settle in the bowl, then scoop the leeks from the water.

There the river stream slows down abruptly and loses its transporting capacity, so that enormous quantities of gravel and sand settle on the bottom.

The highest layers of rock were formed by sand settling on the bottom of oceans more than two billion years ago.

As the desert sand settled around Alastair Cook's sterling century yesterday, the attention moved sharply to his opening partner.

As the desert inches south into the city of Timbuktu, the sand settles on your skin and the air feels heavy in your lungs.

Later this week, once Hurricane Irma moves on, the waves recede, and the sand settles, Bergh will be out on the reef once more, inspecting the damage.

The storm did pass, though the sky took on a strange, thick, grey appearance, like silty fog, as the sand settled.

As this sand settled, ponds were formed in depressions in the dunes, and a rich deciduous forest mixed with stands of pine grew up from the sandy soil.

By Lila Azam Zanganeh January 29 , 2013As the desert inches south into the city of Timbuktu, the sand settles on your skin and the air feels heavy in your lungs.