Billowy

/ˈbɪ.ləʊ.(w)i/

Synonyms for "billowy" (70 found)

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billowy cloudsbillowy draperybillowy fabricbillowy silhouettebillowy sleevesbillowy waves

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Sample sentences

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Triton, Cymothoe from the rock's sharp brow / push off the vessels. Neptune plies amain / his trident-lever, lays the sandbanks low, / on light wheels shaves the deep, and calms the billowy flow.

Source: tatoeba (6783702)

"We who have followed o'er the billowy brine / thee and thine arms, since Ilion sank in flame, / will raise thy children to the stars, and name / thy walls imperial. Thou build them meet / for heroes. Shrink not from thy journey's aim, / though long the way."

Source: tatoeba (7005198)

Far off is seen, above the billowy mere, / Trinacrian AEtna, and the distant roar / of ocean and the beaten rocks we hear, / and the loud burst of breakers on the shore; / high from the shallows leap the surges hoar, / and surf and sand mix eddying.

Source: tatoeba (7334985)

He was shabby and careless, with inkstains on the sleeves of his jacket, and his cravat was large and billowy, under a chin shaped like the toe of an old boot.

Source: wiktionary

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