She pointed to her asthmatic brother who, because of the air — sandy, heavy, hot — must be hooked up to an oxygen tank for a few hours every day.
Instead, I live in the south and, once summer comes, can't resist the pull of a hot, sandy beach.
Nor can they grasp why anyone would live in a hot, sandy, bombarded enclave, surrounded by barbed wire and watchtowers, much less put their children in such danger.
At each stop, he carries the bundles to dockside businesses or carts them down sandy paths and hot wooden walkways on this largely car-free island.
If you watched TV during the first two weeks of the war, you'll remember that it was covered exhaustively and enthusiastically, as if it were a hot, sandy pep rally.
It was to become "an international resort destination on par with Hawaii" by 2020.Sure enough, this beautiful island in the South China Sea, boasting everything from volcanic mountains and tropical rainforests to pristine sandy beaches and hot springs, has seen its tourism industry boom.
As we watched, I asked Carl if he'd been given any counselling since being in combat; he said no. Upon leaving Iraq, his unit was sent to a camp in the Kuwaiti desert to rest for a few days, but there was nothing to do but lie in hot, sandy tents and fill out DD-2796 forms.
We complain about being there for three months — it's so barren, flat, windy, hot, sandy, and dry — it's no wonder the Israelites complained during the forty years that they followed God around the Sinai Peninsula between their exodus from Egypt and their entrance into the Promised Land, near Jerusalem.
It was hot, sandy and very dusty.
Then there are the companies that clean and repair helicopters, tanks and jeeps that have been decimated by the hot sandy conditions in Iraq.
