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billowed

VERB

surge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

undulate

STRONG

balloon belly bloat bounce bulge heave pitch ripple rock roll swell toss wave

WEAK

ebb and flow puff up rise and fall rise up

Antonyms

STRONG

shrink stabilize

Example Sentences

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Three days after the gunfight, the gates were wide open, and window drapes billowed in the breeze.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

A plume of smoke billowed from the crash site as emergency vehicles sped towards it.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

The avalanche slowed and settled as a cloud of dust billowed out from the cave.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown