How to Use sand trap in a Sentence
sand trap
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The sand traps on the left side of the green may in fact be the safer miss.
—star-telegram, 16 May 2018
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Golfers will putt their balls across the big wave and avoid the sand trap.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 June 2021
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Shots long are likely to find one of four large sand traps.
—Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2018
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The Spirit rover, mired in a Martian sand trap, was shut down in 2011.
—Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019
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All of the above is a tee up for a drive directly into the sand trap of guilt.
—Ellie Krieger, Houston Chronicle, 19 June 2019
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The car landed on its roof in a sand trap, killing the Rev. Christopher Coleman.
—Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 13 Sep. 2017
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It’s used for glass, casting in foundries, even playgrounds and golf course sand traps.
—Geoffrey Giller, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2019
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Hauling his fat ass out of sand trap, playing his 192nd round of golf.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2018
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The course has uphill, downhill and sidehill lies, fast greens and sand traps on all but one hole.
—Joyce Rudolph, latimes.com, 3 Apr. 2018
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Lew drove his second shot into the sand trap after hooking his tee shot to the left.
—Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 16 May 2018
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Driving the ball uphill over a lake gives way to long fairway and green guarded by sand traps.
—Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 19 June 2018
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His drive on the 10th hole had landed in trouble but not deep trouble, coming to a stop in the middle of the sand trap that defends the front of the green.
—New York Times, 16 July 2022
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At 17, Schauffele found himself in more trouble, this time when a drive landed in a sand trap.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2021
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No obstacle looms larger than the expansive sand trap that wraps around the entire front half of the green.
—Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2018
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Its windows look over the in-ground heated pool, a putting green with a sand trap, and ample space for gatherings and a game of croquet.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2022
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Its windows look over the in-ground heated pool, a putting green with a sand trap, and ample space for gatherings and a game of croquet.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2023
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Anaconda’s Old Works Golf Course — which has slag in its sand traps — sells souvenir slag and a golf ball in a sealed container.
—Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019
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Out in Arizona, Caterpillar built a driving range where not only the green but also the trees and the sand traps are on the move, carried around by big ol' trucks.
—Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2015
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At Topgolf, 10 targets (and a few sand traps) of varying size are positioned throughout the field.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2019
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Both are small, slope back to front, are severely perched (especially from the back) and neither has any sand traps.
—star-telegram, 16 May 2018
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Anaconda’s golf course, which has slag in its sand traps, offers slag and a golf ball in a sealed container as a souvenir.
—USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
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The sand traps are generally small and not that deep, aiding in recovery shots.
—Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2018
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Siller, the course’s golf pro, went to find out why the truck had driven onto the fairway and gotten stuck near a sand trap, investigators said.
—Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 31 Aug. 2022
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The layout has undergone a slight redesign this spring, eliminating a large chunk of the sand trap that ran along the front and right of the green and turning it into a grass bunker.
—Brent Kennedy, Howard County Times, 20 June 2018
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Police have said that the truck, found lodged in a sand trap, was registered to Pierson, but have released few other details.
—Christian Boone, ajc, 7 July 2021
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The best homes are not predictable models next to a sand trap, protected by a net or shatterproof windows.
—Sam Lubell, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
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Bought with burger money from a former Dodgers star, the palatial estate includes a two-hole golf course complete with a sand trap.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2022
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Hints of the once popular and well-tended golf course emerge at various intervals, such as the overgrown sand trap.
—Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2022
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Due to family drama, Moisés and Christian split up before reaching Wendy and Gina, who are tasked with getting both men in the sand trap.
—Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2021
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Active sands are no friends to rovers; one of its predecessors, Spirit, lost contact with Earth after it got stuck in a sand trap in Gusev crater.
—The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
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