billow
noun
a great wave or surge of the sea.
Example Sentences
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Video shot from a distance shows smoke billowing from them.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Following the show — billowing shapes, punk-y hair sculptures, all classically Collina — we walked into a whimsical picnic complete with a margarita fountain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
As the search continued for the 86 people presumed missing, coast guard, military personnel and local responders were working to tamp down the thick smoke billowing from the ferry.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Climate, changed," is the Observer's pithy headline, describing it as "the burning issue" overlaying smoke billowing from mountainside fires in Powys, Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The trike spun a wild circle beneath them, dust billowing in all directions.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
