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
The plain fact was that, as Arab and Jew squared off for battle in the hazy heat of a khamsin desert wind, no one wanted the battle to start.
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
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
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 Ernest Scott
