Irma
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“Irma,” Natalie said, adding her own most memorable storm.
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“No! Irma took my roof, and you took my wall. But you can’t have this!” she yelled at Reuben.
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She and her mother had done the same thing after Irma.
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“For a hundred years,” Maria Martinez was saying, “hurricanes have hit all over South Florida except for Miami. Andrew, Wilma, Irma—they all came close, and did a great deal of damage. But the last hurricane to hit Miami directly was in 1926, when only a hundred thousand people lived here. The Great Miami Hurricane leveled the city, killing hundreds of people and leaving tens of thousands more homeless.”
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Back when she was in second grade, everybody had thought that Hurricane Irma was going to be the Big One.
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