khamsin
Example Sentences
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The hot, dry atmosphere produced by the khamsin contains an excess of positive ions.
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
Additional tests have shown that their conditions are aggravated, not directly caused by the khamsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was another very hot day, with a khamsin blowing, and the hard, shelterless hill-sides were a poor place to spend it on.
From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by F. L. Morrison
