as in protruded
to extend outward beyond a usual point
the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind
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Recent Examples of billowed
The wild footage from Tacoma showed a crew of firefighters forcing open the door to the electrical room before thick smoke billowed out.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
Smoke has billowed from the warehouse, which was covered in solar panels and insulated like a freezer, filling the air surrounding the roughly 500,000-square-foot (46,451-square-meter) facility.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
Video showed crowds swimming in the ocean just feet from the blaze, as smoke and flames billowed into the air.
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Faris Tanyos,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Up close, the whisper white lace added a romantic, ruched effect to the dress, while the silk mousseline skirt billowed around Martin in the breeze.
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Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for more help from the United States after the strikes, which left people trapped under the rubble of apartment buildings and residents scrambling to shelter underground as smoke billowed over the capital Kyiv.
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Kaylah Jackson,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
Video showed the Israeli flag fluttering from atop the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle while black smoke billowed from the nearby town of Arnoun.
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Greg Myre,
NPR,
31 May 2026
Firefighters rushed to the scene as flames and black smoke billowed into the sky.
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Jamie Stengle,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
Air raid sirens blared through the night as smoke billowed across the city from strikes.
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Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
Smoke has billowed from the warehouse, which was covered in solar panels and insulated like a freezer, filling the air surrounding the roughly 500,000-square-foot (46,451-square-meter) facility.
—
ABC News,
22 June 2026
Video showed crowds swimming in the ocean just feet from the blaze, as smoke and flames billowed into the air.
—
Faris Tanyos,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Up close, the whisper white lace added a romantic, ruched effect to the dress, while the silk mousseline skirt billowed around Martin in the breeze.
—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for more help from the United States after the strikes, which left people trapped under the rubble of apartment buildings and residents scrambling to shelter underground as smoke billowed over the capital Kyiv.
—
Kaylah Jackson,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
Video showed the Israeli flag fluttering from atop the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle while black smoke billowed from the nearby town of Arnoun.
—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
31 May 2026
Firefighters rushed to the scene as flames and black smoke billowed into the sky.
—
Jamie Stengle,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
Air raid sirens blared through the night as smoke billowed across the city from strikes.
—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billowed
Verb
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The skinny braids wrapped the bottom of the bun, while the thicker braids dressed the top, forming a cylinder shape that protruded from the crown of her head.
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The problem was that many of them protruded from the front of vehicles like miniature medieval weapons.
Verb
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But Ecuador’s Gonzalo Plata stuck up his left foot, just in front of Neuer, and poked the ball into the net.
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In the third round, Magomedov poked Pereira in the eye, forcing a roughly two-minute pause, and still no point came off.
Verb
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The 20-yard screamer deflected off keeper Luca Zidane’s fingertips and bulged the back of the net.
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Her stomach bulged beneath her I ❤ FLORIDA boatneck and her face was round and waxy-pale.
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“Billowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billowed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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