"I can't hear you! The wind is buffeting my ears!" "What?"
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Buffeting
Synonyms for "buffeting" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (7)
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Translations
5 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- tärinä noun (random oscillations of the airplane)
- väpätys noun (random oscillations of the airplane)
German
1 entries- Flatterschwingung noun (random oscillations of the airplane)
Russian
1 entries- ба́фтинг noun (random oscillations of the airplane)
Turkish
1 entries- gövde titreşimi noun (random oscillations of the airplane)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The energy crisis buffeting the continent has placed Johnson and other European leaders in the difficult position of decrying fossil fuels while urgently prioritizing affordable access to them to avoid a political backlash by voters and businesses furious at the spiking costs of heating homes and running factories.
Source: tatoeba (10873717)
Though still early in the afternoon, the ceaseless buffetings of a most tempestuous wind made us feel weary […]
Source: wiktionary
He suspected it was mainly for this that he married her, to be his shield against the world’s buffetings.
Source: wiktionary
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