storm centre
Britishnoun
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the centre of a cyclonic storm, etc, where pressure is lowest
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the centre of any disturbance or trouble
Example Sentences
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The barometer dropped to 28.94 in. as the storm centre passed nearby.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Whatever it was," says she, "I became a sort of storm centre wherever I went."
From Time Magazine Archive
In his first years at Columbia, Boas was something of a storm centre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Were proper efforts made to avoid the storm centre?
From Time Magazine Archive
The direction of the cirrus movements in front and around a storm centre will usually point out the future movement of the storm, which tends to advance in the same general direction.
From Sounding the Ocean of Air by Rotch, A. Lawrence
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