khamsin
Example Sentences
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The khamsin, the hot African wind, filled the air with the sands of the Sahara.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jerusalem has up to 150 days of khamsin a year, during which time temperatures soar above 90� while the relative humidity plummets toward zero.
From Time Magazine Archive
The shaky cease-fire shifted attention back to Lebanon's complicated political situation, which was about as impenetrable as the khamsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, as Jerusalem suffered under the worst khamsin since 1893, tempers and guns blazed along Israel's borders.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the khamsin blows the dust-storms upon the caravan, the camel-driver hath no care for his camels.
From The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete by Parker, Gilbert
