The wind blew in gusts.
Source: tatoeba (19189)
Gusts
/ɡʌsts/
Synonyms for "gusts" (10 found)
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11 entriesbitter gustsgust frontgusts across the fieldgusts of windgusts through the treesgusts through the windowgusts to fifty mphgusts violentlyseasonal gustsstrong gustswind gusts
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The storm had increased, and the snow was driving in wild gusts through the streets.
Source: tatoeba (5685545)
Red tongues of flame and searing gusts of heat engulfed the house.
Source: tatoeba (5749639)
Like as a fire, when Southern gusts are rude, / falls on the standing harvest of the plain, / or torrent, hurtling with a mountain flood, / whelms field and oxen's toil and smiling grain, / and rolls whole forests headlong to the main, / while, weetless of the noise, on neighbouring height, / tranced in mute wonder, stands the listening swain.
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