Example Sentences

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As students patted soil and staked trees for support, smoke from the wind-driven Sandy fire threatening Simi Valley billowed in the distance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

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

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

There was no passing down it; the flames billowed from each side.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson