billow
noun
a great wave or surge of the sea.
has billowed
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present perfectof billow (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But far from being stopped, the insurgency has billowed out from its northern beginnings across the country’s center and to its neighbors.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
Wade, a black cloud of fear and despair has billowed out over the country.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2022
Even as it has billowed to consider such lofty elements as water, sun and air, Lorde’s close-miked music has retained such a careful intimacy that, at times, you can still actually hear her smiling.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
Have you been compulsively checking to see if white smoke has billowed from the Sistine Chapel yet?
From Newsweek ● Mar. 12, 2013
Smog, from smokestacks and refineries but most of all from the 25 million vehicles on the freeways, was already fouling the air in Los Angeles; now it has billowed east as far as San Bernardino.
From Time Magazine Archive
