billow

Example Sentences

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I loved watching the fallen leaves billow up from the road in great whirling circles as I drove by.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here the banners are rendered with the utmost economy, pared down to billowing blocks of color that seem to float above the road below, dwarfing the pointillist pedestrians who stroll beneath them.

From The Wall Street Journal

She walked towards it and eventually found smoke billowing out of the tumble dryer.

From BBC

Up to 21 fire engines were at the scene by about 12:30 GMT, the fire service said, as thick black smoke billowed from the blaze.

From BBC

I plopped down on the dusty trunk and watched them walk away, Aunt Kitty in her severe gray gown, Mrs. Maroney in her fashionable scarlet one with wide skirts billowing around her.

From Literature