Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windstorms
Noun
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Supercells are more likely to produce tornadoes than other types of thunderstorms, but twisters are still possible in other storms elsewhere in the Midwest and into parts of the Plains.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026 -
Southeast Michigan is facing another day of potentially severe weather on Wednesday, with damaging wind gusts, large hail, torrential rainfall, and a few isolated tornadoes all possible as a strong storm system moves through the Great Lakes.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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The weather in Wales was terrible, with snow and freezing temperatures and Arctic gales.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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Feminism was anti-gerontocratic, too, striking blows against old men and their old ways.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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The biggest blows came from Garcia and Starling Marte.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Wind gusts of 75 miles per hour were reported in Mason City, Illinois, and 70 mph in Morton and Washington, Illinois.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Damaging wind gusts and large hail are the main threats, and a tornado or two can’t be ruled out, especially in mid- to late afternoon in parts of eastern Kansas and western Missouri.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
Noun
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The road where the accident occurred winds through hilly terrain and is widely known as hazardous.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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Waialae is another par-70 course in Hawaii with coastal winds, like The Cock.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
Noun
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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.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
4 May 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
Noun
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Cold rain fell in an endless drizzle, broken only by harder squalls.—
Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
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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.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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“Windstorms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windstorms. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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