billowed

Example Sentences

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Plumes of thick black smoke billowed into the air Sunday afternoon as firefighters struggled to contain a large industrial fire at a tire recycling facility in South Gate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 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

As the eruption column billowed into the sky, day turned to night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Those first few exhales were big and wasteful as Miig tried to get the damp paper to light, and smoke billowed across the clearing like messages.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline