1.   Black silhouettes move out of the darkness and change into blunt torpedoes, dark and slow-moving as they glide over the sandy bottom.

2.   He imagined its slow approach, its dumb search along the sandy bottom among seaweed and snails and crabs.

3.   In other words, they have been trying to scratch themselves on the sandy bottom and get stranded by accident.

4.   Their parade across the sandy bottom amuses me.

5.   To add to her worries the sandy bottom was thickly covered by myriads of minute creatures in their delicate shells.

6.   Also scattered on the sandy bottom are pieces of luggage.

7.   Because there are no offshore reefs, the sandy bottom allows shells to roll ashore intact.

8.   But ebb tide often leaves it stuck on the sandy bottom.

9.   Every shell and pebble became visible, and the light reflecting off the sandy bottom turned the water the color of diluted honey.

10.   Halibut also settle into the sandy bottom of the harbor.