fresh gale
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fresh gale
First recorded in 1575–85
Example Sentences
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Pier 50, abandoned by the Pennsylvania Railroad, looked as if it would collapse in the next fresh gale.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2016
As she took her seat, he folded his plaid about her so tenderly that it felt like a friendly arm shielding her from the fresh gale that blew up from the sea.
From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Alcott, Louisa May
She met with light, baffling winds, and calms, and then was driven into a lonely inlet by a fresh gale.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
This morning the wind was at east, blowing a fresh gale, the weather being hazy, with a considerable breach of sea setting in upon the rock.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Before this little fleet of collier brigs got as far south as Flamborough Head, it was blowing a fresh gale, and big lumps of sea were slashed over them.
From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Runciman, Walter
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