khamsin
Example Sentences
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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
These victims have few specific complaints beyond an extreme sensitivity to the rapid temperature changes caused by the khamsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 khamsin blew in hot, sandy spurts, and lulled; then came again in hotter, more shrivelling bursts "From Hell!" thought the troopers, one and all.
From The Tale of a Trooper by Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes) Mackenzie
