coarse, fine
a beach of fine golden sand

hard, soft
damp, moist, wet
dry
burning, hot, warm
cool
black, golden, silver, white, yellow
beach, desert
the burning desert sands

drifting, loose, shifting

grain
layer
handful
patch, stretch, strip
cloud

brush off, dust off
kick
sink into

blow, fly
The sand was flying everywhere.

cover sth
cling to sth, stick to sth

beach, dune
bank (usually sandbank), bar (usually sandbar)
box (usually sandbox), pit (usually sandpit)
castle (usually sandcastle)
storm (usually sandstorm)

in the sand
The children played happily in the sand.

on the sand
We found her asleep on the sand.

covered in sand, covered with sand
All my clothes were covered with sand.

Sand is used with these nouns as the object:
edge