Example Sentences

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Billows of smoke and bright orange flames can be seen rising from Bridgend Industrial Estate.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2024

Billows has been undergoing treatment for parotid salivary cancer since November 2020 and wants to spend more time with his family.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2022

Billows of thick black smoke and red-hot flames have consumed hundreds of thousands of acres in Montana, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and Utah.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2017

Her early operatic work also included appearances with the New England Opera Theater in Boston, where she sang Lisa in Tchaikovsky’s “Queen of Spades” and Lady Billows in Britten’s “Albert Herring,” among other roles.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2016

Billows of smoke poured out, rising and rising, like a black tower building itself into the sky.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat