How to Use windstorm in a Sentence

windstorm

noun

• And this crazy windstorm came in and took the entire set out.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 July 2024
• This is like tossing sparks on dry grass in the middle of a windstorm.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
• And last summer, a windstorm knocked down a tree limb, hit the top of their home and left a gash in the roof.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
• Castle said the flooding cleanup was coming to an end when the windstorm struck.
  — Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2019
• There had been a very large pine tree knocked down in a windstorm a couple of weeks earlier.
  — Steven Potter, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2016
• Swain said the windstorm could persist through Sunday in many places.
  — Evan Bush, NBC news, 24 June 2026
• The ship spun around and became stuck in the sand in a windstorm March 23. Workers dredged 30,000 cubic meters of sand – enough to fill about a dozen Olympic-size swimming pools.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2021
• During windstorms, the trunks of falling trees take bites out of walls, and their limbs whisk stones down to the soil.
  — Robert Thorson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
• When a windstorm hits, simply wheel the greenhouse into a garage or shed and wait for the storm to pass.
  — Rachel Center, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2023
• Survive a windstorm, catch poachers, and even befriend a goat!
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 24 Mar. 2022
• But gathering that data is like trying to build a house of cards in a windstorm.
  — Marianne Lehnis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
• But the Aggies fizzled out as quickly as a match in a windstorm.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Nov. 2020
• Her management team cooked up a story about her getting hit by a car door in a windstorm.
  — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
• The loamy soil became over-saturated and the top heavy trees blew over in a windstorm.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 16 Feb. 2018
• The home must have windstorm insurance and, if in a flood zone, flood insurance as well.
  — Alex Rozier, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
• Like, hooking up in an ambulance during a windstorm, hot-and-heavy.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
• The tree fell as a strong windstorm passed through the area, generating wind gusts of up to 71 mph.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2018
• And as all those fires grew and grew, a windstorm arrived, turning them into a disaster.
  — Kendra Pierre-Louis, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2022
• Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows.
  — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
• This photo, taken March 2, shows how far away from the road the lake moved during the windstorm.
  — Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
• An extreme windstorm that had been forecast for days was pushing down the West Coast.
  — oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2021
• There were no locations to go to when there was a snowstorm or a rainstorm or a windstorm or a dust storm or extreme heat.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2022
• Last year, a fierce windstorm swept through Claremont, downing some 300 trees.
  — Tilly MacAlister-Smith Mary Holland Dana Covit Mary Holland Kurt Soller Sara Lieberman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
• As a forecast windstorm arrived in late morning, fierce gusts of up to 50 mph pushed him around and kicked up sand and dust.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
• Most policies cover damage from windstorms and hail but exclude floods, earthquakes, mold and pests.
  — Dan Avery,liz Knueven, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
• Later in the evening, the storms could grow into a derecho—a fast-moving windstorm that can cause widespread damage.
  — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
• The fires spread during a windstorm on Monday, and Brown said hundreds of homes have been destroyed.
  — TheWeek, 10 Sep. 2020
• In a windstorm, an airport operator can pull up a weather map that says the wind is gusting at 8 knots in the city.
  — Renny Vandewege, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
• Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm and avoid windows and overhanging trees.
  — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
• And with the coronavirus and the later windstorm, the seismic safety of schools was soon forgotten again.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Mar. 2021