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"Gust" in a Sentence (18 examples)
A gust of wind swelled the sails.
A gust of wind blew a shower of rain directly into my face.
There was a gust of hot wind from the tunnel as the train approached.
The gust of wind rose suddenly.
The sudden gust of wind filled the sails and lurched the boat forward.
Losing his balance from a sudden gust of wind, the tightrope walker fell to his death.
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
It's an area where winds gust at over eighty miles an hour.
Winds in this area gust at more than one hundred miles an hour.
A gust of wind blew Curdken's hat away, and he had to chase it over hill and dale.
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The maximum sustained winds recorded at Waglan Island, Tate’s Cairn and Cheung Chau Beach were 113, 101 and 97 kmh (70, 62, 60 mph) respectively, with maximum gusts 135, 154 and 130 kmh (84, 96, 81 mph)
they are merely driven about by every sudden gust and impulse of the mind
The author is not speaking now of actual love-makings, of intrigues and devilish villany, either perpetrated or imagined; but rather of those passing gusts of short-lived and unfounded suspicion to which, as to other accidents, very well-regulated families may occasionally be liable.
Do the dryers disperse bacteria and viruses through the restroom, like autumn breezes gusting leaves across a lawn?
, "The Spirit of Grace" An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite.
Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust.
1942: ‘Yes, indeed,’ said Sava with solemn gust. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1050)
A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients.
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