storm

Example Sentences

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His attempts to strike out independently and build his own house fail spectacularly—the first in a storm of lightning and winged ants, the second in a foolhardy scheme to clear the surrounding brush with fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"Say there's a storm coming, and you'd want to deploy your constellation of small satellites to observe over one location," he says.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The council said a similar event in 2021 affected many homes in Breaker Bay, and waves during that storm were about 6.5 metres.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The huge operation, which took place on 6 June 1944, saw British, American and Canadian troops storm beaches along the Normandy coastline to begin the liberation of France from Nazi occupation.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

That night, not long after I had gone to bed, a storm blew in.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls