Sentence examples for sweep of sand from inspiring English sources

The long, beautiful sweep of sand stretches to the national park and is suitable for surfing and swimming.

Meal for two £1.50-£3, Anjunctioncle (junctiof of the Anjuna-Mapusa and Calangute-Siolim roads), no phone Much of Galgibag beach's long pine-crested sweep of sand is deserted on account of it being a turtle nesting ground.

Rhossili, Gower Peninsula The Welsh mainland has a ridiculous number of excellent beaches, but this is my favourite: the sweep of sand that bookends the Gower Peninsula, with a wild, western aspect that makes it ideal at the end of a warm summer afternoon.

Embleton Bay, Northumberland This great sweep of sand and dunes north of the sprawling, sinister ruin of Dunstanburgh castle may be one of the Northumberland's better-known beaches but the county's magnificent coast is still relatively unvisited compared with, say, Cornwall.

WE had one last stop before heading back to our resort: a little dot of a beach around a curve from the cave, a truly private sweep of sand tucked in a bowl-shaped cove, set back from the bay where other boats weren't likely to pass by.

The space inside his skull was composed of an almost abstract form – the sweep of sand, the black protuberance of the Brigg with the waves licking it or crashing over it, and most of all the huge curve of the horizon.

Instead of high-rise hotels and golf courses you will find exhilarating sweeps of sand backed by cliffs, whitewashed fishing villages and some of the best surf in Europe.

These ragged rocks rise out of the waves, blanketed in wiry heather-sprung moorland, trout-filled lochs and towering cliffs painted with seabirds, backed by dunes woven with wildflowers and fringed by some of the most glorious sweeps of sand in the world.

The one nearest Calasetta, Sottotorre, is a pretty, perfect locals' beach, with clear water and no concessions – but it's worth driving a few kilometres to Le Saline and Spiaggia Grande, with their wide sweeps of sand, barely a building in sight, and free parking.

Seasonal torrents, called cos, sweep masses of sand and silt down into ever-changing great streambeds that are dry except after rains.

It's a fabulous spot: a great sweep of clean sand backed by cave-riddled cliffs.