The sky was already looking grim when we set sail. Within an hour, the first squall had hit us.
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Squall
/ˈskwɔːl/
Synonyms for "squall" (201 found)
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12 entriesdust squallisolated squallsloud squallrain squallsnow squallsquall linesquall loudlysquall of windsquall warningsudden squallviolent squallwind squalls
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There, ministering justice, she presides, / and deals the law, and from her throne of state, / as choice determines or as chance decides, / to each, in equal share, his separate task divides. / Sudden, behold a concourse. Looking down, / his late-lost friends AEneas sees again, / Segestus, brave Cloanthus of renown, / Antheus and others of the Trojan train, / whom the black squall had scattered o'er the main, / and driven afar upon an alien strand.
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Squalling was the word for it, Pew's anger rose so high at these objections; till at last, his passion completely taking the upper hand, he struck at them right and left in his blindness, and his stick sounded heavily on more than one.
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Squalling like an infuriated cat, the shadow crashed down
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