Before 1772 only a little ale-house stood here, on a sandy waste.

They had to travel over a stretch of sandy waste that ran along the beach.

How she must have missed them, tending camels in that sandy waste.

It led him to a sandy waste where his horse died.

Then it had gone back into the swirling sandy wastes.

All my life must now be a sandy waste; who could have dared to hope it would be so short?

If he were lost in this sandy waste, every drop would be needed for survival.

Except for a few day,s the beds of these are dry, sandy wastes.

According to tradition there was in the sandy waste between the village and the sea a city of Connor.

Even near the river cultivated areas were infrequent, and generally the track ran through sandy wastes.