Definition of "sand-storm" [sand-storm]

• A storm of wind that bears along clouds of sand. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Evie's need to register many voices also brings forth a diary extract from her mother that neatly conveys the meeting of domestic and political tensions in the final days of British rule, as well as offering more fine descriptions, such as the onset of the harmattan-induced sand-storm."
• "As soon as my man and another came up I gave them the reins, saying, “After our hard ride in the sand-storm take as much care of the horses as though they were children.”"
• "A little way outside Jayrúd we were caught in a sand-storm, which I shall never forget."