Sentence examples of "sable" in French

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Le vent balayait le sable. The wind drifted the sand.
Le vent poussait le sable. The wind drifted the sand.
Le sable sec absorbe l'eau. Dry sand absorbs water.
Nous avons fait un château de sable. We made a sand castle.
Le verre est fait à partir de sable. Glass is made from sand.
Arrête de te cacher la tête dans le sable. Stop hiding your head in the sand.
Il y a du sable au fond de l'océan. There is sand at the bottom of the ocean.
Les enfants construisirent un château de sable sur la plage. The children built a sand castle on the beach.
Il se cache la tête dans le sable, comme une autruche. He hides his head in the sand, like an ostrich.
J'aime marcher pieds nus sur la plage, à travers le sable. I like to walk barefoot on the beach through the sand.
Le saumon remonte la rivière et ponds ses œufs dans le sable. Salmon go up the river and lay their eggs in the sand.
Aussi loin qu'il puisse voir il n'y avait que du sable. As far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but sand.
Votre projet est pareil à une maison qui serait construite sur du sable. Your scheme is like a house built on the sand.
À perte de vue, on ne peut rien voir d 'autre que du sable. As far as the eye can reach, nothing is to be seen but sand.
À perte de vue, il n'y avait rien d'autre que du sable. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but sand.
Celui qui se fourre la tête dans le sable aujourd'hui, grincera des dents, demain. He who buries his head in the sand today will grind his teeth tomorrow.
Aussi loin que l'œil pouvait porter, il n'y avait rien que du sable. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but sand.
Il n'y avait rien d'autre que du sable, aussi loin que l'œil pouvait voir. There was nothing but sand as far as the eye could see.
Aussi loin que pouvait porter le regard, il n'y avait rien à voir que du sable. As far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but sand.
Liberté. Sur mes cahiers d'écolier. Sur mon pupitre et les arbres. Sur le sable de neige. J'écris ton nom. Freedom. On my school notebooks. On my school desk and the trees. On the sand of the snow. I write your name.
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