Gusts
[ɡʌsts]
Examples
- Hence the air of gusts and hurricanes is cold, though in hot climates and seasons; it coming from above. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It seemed that men could not shift their weight quickly enough to meet the gusts of wind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Her accents obeyed the fitful impulse of the wind; they swelled as its gusts rushed on, and died as they wandered away. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The strongest gusts of wind to which the bridge has been exposed have not caused a vibration of more than one inch. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Hence gusts after heats, and hurricanes in hot climates. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Gusts and swells perpetually trouble the mariner's course; he dare not dismiss from his mind the expectation of tempest. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Hence our general cold winds are about northwest, our summer cold gusts the same. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In the year 1749, he first suggested his idea of explaining the phenomena of thunder-gusts, and of the aurora borealis, upon electrical principles. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It was not a bad day for a walk, if you were young and strong, and could breast the great gusts of wind which came sweeping in from the sea. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They did not come again and it was quieter and between the gusts of wind and rain we could hear the sound of a great bombardment far to the north. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Those gusts which tore the trees merely waved the furze and heather in a light caress. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Hence, after gusts, distant objects appear distinct, their figures sharply terminated. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Our northwest thunder-gusts in America, I know, are not; but of them I have written my opinion fully in a paper which you have seen. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A little cloud like a man's hand arose in the west; gusts from the same quarter drove it on and spread it wide; wet and tempest prevailed a while. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The rain had stopped and only came occasionally in gusts. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typist: Pearl