billow

Example Sentences

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Drone footage showed thick smoke billowing from the fire.

From BBC

From the lodge, which has cabins starting at $209 a night, you can see steam billowing up from Yellowstone’s most famous geyser.

From The Wall Street Journal

Smoke was still billowing from what remains of the Gul Plaza building on Sunday morning.

From BBC

I loved watching the fallen leaves billow up from the road in great whirling circles as I drove by.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here the banners are rendered with the utmost economy, pared down to billowing blocks of color that seem to float above the road below, dwarfing the pointillist pedestrians who stroll beneath them.

From The Wall Street Journal