billowing

Example Sentences

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The scene mirrored the energy of a film set, all drama and specific lighting and smoke billowing from mysterious corners, honoring the house’s relationship with cinema.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Before that, the 50-year-old artist, who years ago dropped his surname Javacheff, erected a billowing, white “running fence” that curved through California farm lands like a ghostly ribbon dropped by an unseen hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

She described looking down into the street and seeing "black billowing smoke" and an "orange glow where the door was".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

At their peak, those processing facilities would run three shifts, billowing steam morning, noon, and night.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

I stood at the window until the crowd was mostly gone and the trains had started moving, steam billowing up from their stacks.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron