gale
Example Sentences
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Strong winds will also accompany the heavy rain, with gales possible around coasts and over high ground.
From BBC
“History” is a major player in this breathless narrative, as in “gales of history,” “maelstrom of history,” “winds of history,” “tide of history” and the “frenetic pace of history”—all within a few dozen pages.
He has all kinds of fascinating stories about gales and gusts and how they have shaped history.
FIU’s Wall of Wind is about 20 feet wide and 14 feet high, large enough to overwhelm a low-rise building with powerful gales, but too small to test a multistory home.
From Washington Post
Fifty years ago, a passenger hovercraft with 27 people on board capsized in gale force winds on the Solent off the Hampshire coast.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
