Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windstorms
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Are tornadoes hitting the area more often?
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The chance of damaging winds is low, while the chance of hail and tornadoes is very low.
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The weather in Wales was terrible, with snow and freezing temperatures and Arctic gales.
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Out in the ferocious gales of the North Sea, on the overcrowded routes of the Irish Sea and the English Channel, and off to the islands’ west, the wide Atlantic herself.
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Onaje died four days later — having suffered fatal brain hemorrhaging from multiple blows to his skull.
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Officers said that Samartino quickly assessed the situation and immediately began administering back blows to the infant.
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Sustained, strong winds with even stronger gusts are happening.
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Winds are expected to be southwest 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph and relative humidity as low as 5%.
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Earlier on June 28, the weather service in Great Falls, Montana, said strong winds were forecast for portions of north-central Montana.
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Sustained, strong winds are possible.
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One version of the nation’s history anchors itself in the efforts to navigate those tempests, to better the imperfect tools bequeathed to us by imperfect men.
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For now, Buttigieg has chosen to wait out the tempests in Traverse City, the hometown of his husband, Chasten, a former schoolteacher.
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Cold rain fell in an endless drizzle, broken only by harder squalls.
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The latter, in particular, braids the bittersweet melodies of anorak-sporting vintage twee with ear-bleeding country-grunge that evokes Meat Puppets’ heaviest squalls.
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“Windstorms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windstorms. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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