Thesaurus results for SANDSTORM

sandstorm

noun

Definition of sandstorm

as in rainstorm

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Recent Examples of sandstorm After the Magician enchants Katie and steals her away, Charlie tries to chase the kidnapper, but is blocked by a sudden sandstorm that allows the Magician to escape. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Earlier this month, at a drag strip in Abu Dhabi, a Chinese electric sedan faced one of Ferrari’s most extreme road cars under slippery conditions left behind by a desert sandstorm. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026 The film blends documentary and fiction to tell the dramatic and heartrending story of Mongolian herders Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg’s difficult decision to leave their homelands after the arrival of a powerful and destructive sandstorm. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025 Durabook has unveiled the Z14I-HG, a fully rugged mobile workstation packing 682 TOPS (trillion operations per second) of AI power inside a magnesium-alloy shell built to survive everything from minus 29 °C (-20 °F) frozen tundra to plus 63 °C (145 °F) desert heat and direct sandstorm exposure. — Omar Kardoudi march 31, New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sandstorm

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Noun

The teak build can withstand rainstorms and wine spills, while the acrylic cushions can be wiped clean.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026
Multiple homeowners and renters along Bear Creek in Kitteridge woke up to the sight of mud and destruction, following an overnight rainstorm that flooded parts of the town.

— Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Definition of rainstorm

Noun

Pop-up afternoon and evening thunderstorms are possible each day due to the heat and humidity but no organized weather systems expected over the next few days.

— Bill Kelly, CBS News, 1 July 2026
The jet stream is a highway of air at high altitudes which steers weather systems.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

Definition of weather

Noun

The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.

— STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2026
More than 72 million were under severe thunderstorm watches on Saturday, according to federal forecasters, with the unsettled cells capable of producing winds 65 mph and greater, as well as quarter-sized hail.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 2026

Definition of thunderstorm

Noun

Wildfire season is just beginning in the West, but firefighting resources are already strained following a windstorm last week that sent flames racing through Great Basin states mired in drought.

— Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 July 2026
Take time now to review your homeowner’s policy, windstorm coverage and flood insurance.

— Stephen Hauptman, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026

Definition of windstorm

Noun

What started as a typical Monday afternoon at Hiwan Golf Club in Evergreen quickly turned into a scramble for cover when a hailstorm brought golf ball-sized hail to the course.

— Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 9 June 2026
On one such patrol, dead butterflies carpeted the forest floor, frozen and hurt by a sudden hailstorm the previous day.

— Jhanisse Vaca Daza, Time, 6 June 2026

Definition of hailstorm

Noun

The storm, which hit the New York area in October, 2012, unlocked billions of dollars in resilience spending, with hurricanes, rather than heat waves or cloudbursts, as the focus.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Higher temperatures allow the air to hold more moisture, and extreme rainfall events called cloudbursts are occurring more frequently.

— Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2026

Definition of cloudburst

Noun

In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.

— Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
Low pressure at both the upper level of the atmosphere and near the surface keep the chance of occasional showers (maybe a thundershower) and cooler temperatures around through Tuesday.

— Molly Robey, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2022

Definition of thundershower

Noun

But after a series of expensive hurricanes — Katrina, Sandy, Harvey — the National Flood Insurance Program went into debt.

— Brian New, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Florida’s no state income tax, combined with Ave Maria’s hurricane-resistant design and location, attainable home prices and summer Sweet Life incentives, means more of your money stays with you.

— Ave Maria, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

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