billow

Example Sentences

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And the roof, in turn, seems to billow from the chapel’s main tower, a white, silo-like mass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was in northern New Jersey, and watched the smoke billow from the World Trade Center.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2025

Smoke is continuing to billow from the Solong, but Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said both ships were expected to remain afloat.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

“I am crossing my fingers, we are OK for now,” said Pavelka as he watched smoke billow over the Santa Ana Mountains near the spot where he has lived for 20 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

Black smoke began to billow out of the red, white, and blue funnels.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown