billowed

Example Sentences

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As students patted soil and staked trees for support, smoke from the wind-driven Sandy fire threatening Simi Valley billowed in the distance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

I’m not sure what would provoke anyone to tune in, but like clockwork, the viewership billowed to the thousands.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

A plume of smoke billowed from the crash site as emergency vehicles sped towards it.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

He waited until a cloud of stinking smoke billowed off the yellow surface, and darted upward into the thick of it.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman