Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windstorms
Noun
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Life-changing weather events like the 1998 tornadoes, the 2010 flood and 2020 tornadoes.—
Nicole Young,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025 -
Throughout his career, Zilber helped plant millions of trees and was a part of the state's response efforts for severe weather events, including wildfires, floods and tornadoes.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The threat of thunderstorms, gales, and violent lightning led to the cancellation of the final day of SailGP competition in Saint-Tropez.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Southern China also shuts down Southern China’s Hainan Island saw heavy rainfall and gales as the typhoon brushed past the island on Sunday.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Hockey players aren’t known for being shy about fighting over different plays on the ice, but Wayne Gretzky and his current compatriots have learned not to come to blows.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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Rancorous debate in the GOTW meeting room as the panel nearly came to blows, with Broncos-Eagles supporters threatening a walkout as Bucs-Seahawks advocates were kicking over chairs.—
Greg Cote
October 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sustained, strong winds with even stronger gusts are happening.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Winds have decreased to 5 mph or less, but are expected to increase again throughout the day, reaching 15 to 20 mph out of the west-southwest, with gusts up to 25 mph possible.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But instead of clouds and rain, these electromagnetic tempests are made of plasma, charged particles whipped into motion by Earth's magnetic field.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The force of the collision pushed up mountains three miles high; millions of years of tempests wore them down.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Nov. 2024
Noun
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When its winds reach 74 mph, the storm officially becomes a hurricane.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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With maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, the hurricane is moving east-northeast at 30 mph.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Windstorms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windstorms. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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