harmattan
Example Sentences
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We’ll have the silvery sea that is imperceptible from its upstairs neighbor, the sky — especially when the dry, dusty winds of the harmattan season are blowing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
There is no horizon, just a haze of sand whipped up by the hot, harmattan winds blowing from the Sahara Desert.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 6, 2017
It was a cold and dry harmattan morning in December.
From Time ● Nov. 16, 2016
I was walking to my uncle's house on a road baked and cracked by the harmattan.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2013
Our furniture was lifeless: the glass tables did not shed twisted skin in the harmattan, the leather sofas’ greeting was a clammy coldness, the Persian rugs were too lush to have any feeling.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
