Examples of strong gale in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The sunken cabin belongs to the schooner-barge Frank W. Wheeler, which sank on September 29, 1885, after being downed by a strong gale. — Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2021 The extratropical low is impacting the U.S. East Coast with strong gale-force winds. — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2021 Within an hour a strong gale picked up, and Captain Lawrence called hands to try to bring the ship about and away from shore, but the wind and rising tide were too much. — OregonLive.com, 13 Mar. 2018

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