- present participle of billow.
billowing
Example Sentences
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In the distance, she could see the billowing black smoke of a raging fire in nearby Gironde.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Columns of thick black smoke were still billowing into the sky from one of the factories hours after the hit, an AFP reporter saw.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Wildfires burning in Canada have sent the noxious smog billowing across the border, with residents in New York, Washington and the US Midwest urged to stay indoors due to dangerously low air quality.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Videos of the fire on social media show large flames emerging from the two top floors of the building with smoke billowing into the street.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
He opened the stove lid and out came the smoke in another huge cloud, simply billowing.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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