sirocco

Example Sentences

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As locals will tell you, nature is in charge here, and when a sirocco hits, you have to go with the flow.

From New York Times

On this occasion, though, we are all so in the thrall of Driver, who breezes in and out of “Burn This” like a sirocco, that we believe in his ability to turn Anna’s head.

From Washington Post

Franco looks way too young compared with Kidman, for one thing, and his British accent comes and goes, like the sirocco.

From Washington Post

Pantelleria is battered by two Mediterranean winds, the mistral and the sirocco.

From The New Yorker

In the summer, the squares are picked clean by le sirocco, a wind that originates in the Sahara and covers the rooftops in fine red sand.

From Salon