downrush

Example Sentences

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In the lowest few thousand feet of atmosphere, the difference was very pronounced Monday evening, allowing the downrush of air to accelerate to high speed as it impacted the ground.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2021

And, striking out across country, they vanished from the earth's surface, entering one of those giant clefts in the clay soil formed by the early downrush of torrents from the hills.

From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud

So naturally the common centers, the poles, cannot accommodate all this downrush of air.

From Reading the Weather by Longstreth, Thomas Morris

I had not long to wait, for, as if ordered so for my special accommodation, the mighty downrush of comets with their whirling drapery swung westward and remained aslant for nearly half an hour.

From The Yosemite by Muir, John

The balloon was now descending from a double cause: the weight of moisture suddenly accumulated on its surface, and the very obvious downrush of cold air that accompanied the storm of pelting hail.

From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie