billow
noun
a great wave or surge of the sea.
are billowing
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present progressiveof billow.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The video was posted under the headline “#Breaking News Fire in Downtown High-Rise. Flames and smoke are billowing from the top floors of the structure. Avoid the area.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
Huge clouds of smoke are billowing over the northern outskirts of Athens, where people are being urged to leave their homes.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2021
Away, on either hand, volcanic hills are billowing to vapory distance; and in their nearer hollows are beautiful deepenings of color: ponded shades of diaphanous blue or purplish tone….
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn
