harmattan

Example Sentences

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We’ll have the silvery sea that is imperceptible from its upstairs neighbor, the sky — especially when the dry, dusty winds of the harmattan season are blowing.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2022

There is no horizon, just a haze of sand whipped up by the hot, harmattan winds blowing from the Sahara Desert.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 6, 2017

It was a cold and dry harmattan morning in December.

From Time • Nov. 16, 2016

I was walking to my uncle's house on a road baked and cracked by the harmattan.

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2013

I imagined the fufu, dried to crusts by the harmattan winds, scratching the inside of Papa-Nnukwu’s throat as he swallowed.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie