Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windstorms
Noun
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Communities have used loud sirens to warn people about approaching storms, tsunamis and tornadoes, but now some activists in Los Angeles are using sirens to warn about immigration agents.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026 -
As midweek showers and thunderstorms add to Kansas City’s soggy week, the threat of severe thunderstorms ramps up on Friday, with all types of hazards possible, including large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.—
Robert A. Cronkleton
March 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Nov. 2025
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Such physical effects of wind are translatable; and so, most important of all, are the quarters from which the blasts or the breezes or the gales appear to come.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Both teams' goalkeepers were taken off after blows to the head.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Simmons recalls his first day on set came with some blows.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Meteorologists say storms could be capable of producing large hail, damaging wind gusts and possibly a tornado or two, particularly across areas north of Interstate 20 closer to the Red River during the evening hours.—
Michael Cuviello,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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For the Tehachapi Mountains, northeast winds 25 to 35 with gusts up to 50 mph.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Snow piles grew even faster where strong winds had swept the powder over ridgelines and deposited it on north-facing slopes.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Tornadoes are possible in the afternoon and evening, and large hail and strong winds may come in the evening and stay overnight.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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But flooding — and not just from those tropical tempests — is a multibillion-dollar threat that is largely untracked by government agencies and often kept secret from the public.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
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These squalls can lead to sudden spinouts and chain-reaction crashes because road conditions deteriorate rapidly.—
Joe Ruch,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Snow squalls are intense winter weather events often associated with strong cold fronts.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Windstorms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windstorms. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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