plume

Example Sentences

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Eyewitnesses described the tanker "swinging around like a compass" as waves crashed over the abandoned ship and black plumes of oil spurted out into the sea.

From BBC

He told BBC Scotland News that he began to see the smoke plumes from the window looking out over his back garden last summer.

From BBC

Dr. Daniels, 76, is a retired British psychiatrist who has written more than two dozen books—most of them under the nom de plume Theodore Dalrymple.

From The Wall Street Journal

He got his start singing in a church choir at the age of five, and earned his nom de plume from a childhood photo of him scowling in a bunny costume.

From BBC

High volcanic mountains capped with plumes of smoke and ash were feeding fire to the sky.

From Literature