billow

Clouds billow and curl; chariots race upward, representing sutras that may deliver you to heaven.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The region's oil export terminals have been hit several times in recent weeks, triggering massive fires that billow plumes of toxic black smoke into the atmosphere.

From Barron's ● May 3, 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

I have just enough room in both shirts, but not so much that they billow unnecessarily out of my pants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024

A sudden breeze made the flowered window curtain billow.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Many of the protesters in central Tirana wore gas masks or face masks, while volunteers handed out syringes of saline eyewash to reduce the pain from the tear gas which billows down the street.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

AFP journalists who traveled to the landfill site by boat saw billows of thick, gray smoke completely enveloping houses on Salambao -- one of the islands from which people were evacuated.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

His TikTok page billows with shortform clips from the crime scene—uploaded thrice-daily from his front-facing camera—offering benign commentary on the languishing investigation.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026

The air was coloring everything gray, and the fog was coming up from the ground in white shreds and billows, as if the whole campsite had lifted itself up into the clouds overnight.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

The night sky glowed orange and smoke billowed from the Dormition Cathedral in the Monastery of the Caves, also known as the Pechersk Lavra monastery complex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

As students patted soil and staked trees for support, smoke from the wind-driven Sandy fire threatening Simi Valley billowed in the distance.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

Footage taken in the aftermath showed a fire blazing in what appeared to be a stairwell, while thick black plumes of smoke billowed from the upper floors.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

I’m not sure what would provoke anyone to tune in, but like clockwork, the viewership billowed to the thousands.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026

She ran forward, spread out the coat, and tried to leap into the air —but the wind billowed through the cut in the back.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Pauline Dujancourt's London Fashion Week show epitomised this style - focusing on maximum volume and billowing fabrics.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Following the show — billowing shapes, punk-y hair sculptures, all classically Collina — we walked into a whimsical picnic complete with a margarita fountain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Nothing says things are not going to plan more than long queues for petrol and billowing smoke coming from stricken oil refineries.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

In a video shared on X, black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky at the foot of Mount Ololokwe, where the crash occurred.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

A queer brilliance lanced through billowing smoke, and the people of Weep had to squint against it.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor