khamsin

Example Sentences

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Moving up out of the desert each spring and fall, the khamsin is an ill wind that blows no one in the Middle East any good.

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

The khamsin is a baleful wind that flares out of the deserts, drying out the land and the people until the flesh fairly crackles.

From Time Magazine Archive

A third category of khamsin sufferers have more complex reactions.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was, unfortunately, exposed to the north-west winds, burning winds like the mistral of Italy and Provence, the khamsin of Egypt, etc.

From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest