Example Sentences

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Flames and smoke have been billowing from the old factory building on Park Lane near Matalan, where the slip road has been closed.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024

Flames have been billowing from the building's roof.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2022

That smoke just might have been billowing up from Miranda’s smoldering blanket after it caught fire on the space heater.

From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2016

But in Trinidad, the calypso tents have been billowing for weeks to the chants of contenders for the title of 1951 calypso king.

From Time Magazine Archive