billow

Example Sentences

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And the roof, in turn, seems to billow from the chapel’s main tower, a white, silo-like mass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was in northern New Jersey, and watched the smoke billow from the World Trade Center.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2025

Smoke is continuing to billow from the Solong, but Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said both ships were expected to remain afloat.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

Intense pyrocumulonimbus plumes billow from the raging Park fire in Northern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

She swept from the room in a billow of silk and honeyed perfume, leaving a stunned Inej in her wake.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo