windstorm

Example Sentences

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He and Gombu left the last camp in the middle of a windstorm, with a scant supply of oxygen.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

While there is no single measure for severity of storm in the UK, Storm Éoywn was notable as being the most powerful windstorm in a decade.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Google said Monday it is partnering with NextEra Energy to reopen the Duane Arnold Energy Center, a nuclear plant that closed five years ago after damage from a windstorm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Your trailer got blown away in the windstorm?

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025

Up die hill from the campsite the same windstorm that left him a place to land the plane—had that only been three, four days ago?—had dropped three large white pines across each other.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen