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Wondering how to use Billow in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as surge or inflate.

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Billow in a sentence

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Billow | Billowing | Billows | Billowed | Billowy

Billow meaning

A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound

Synonyms of Billow

surge inflate heave locomote move go travel zoom soar upwards soar up soar wallow moving ridge wave blow up

Related words

Other words often associated with Billow or its synonyms:

rise motion movement lift uprise arise ascension increase ascent ascending reduce change

Using Billow

  • The main meaning on this page is: A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound
  • Useful related words include: surge, inflate, heave, locomote.
  • In the example corpus, billow often appears in combinations such as: to billow, billow out, billow into.

Context around Billow

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

upper 1× flames 1× smoke 1× drapes 1× giant 1×

Often after:

cables 1×

Sentence patterns with Billow

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a giant billow of black 1× and flames billow out after 1× billow said he 1× changes the billow in the 1× continued to billow into the 1× drapes billow out of 1× flyknit upper billow cables in 1× grey smoke billow up above 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an afp correspondent 1× as the body 1× authorities report that 1× billow said he 1× burning asphalt caused 1× drapes billow out 1×

Common sentence endings:

a barrel bombing 1× above the land 1× air saturday afternoon 1× artillery was fired 1× billow on thursday 1× force and torque 1×

Words around Billow

Just before it in the word index:

billotte 5 billoo 2 billon 6 billmeier 2 billman 3 billlion 2

Just after it in the word index:

billowed 26 billowing 128 billows 35 billowy 11 billpayer 2 bills 4.881

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Billow

  • In this selection, "billow" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, upper, flames, smoke and cables stand out and add context to how "billow" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a giant billow of black and and flames billow out after. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "billow" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with billow

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Burning asphalt caused the black smoke to billow on Thursday. (10 words)

Take a crowded theater, where a fire breaks out and smoke starts to billow into the space. (17 words)

Udhampur June 02 (ANI): Smokes and flames billow out after a major fire broke out in Compartment no. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

I love the way they billow and float, seeming to glide effortlessly, and in fact that is what they are doing, wraith like and mysterious in their appearance of substance when they are little more than fog that has risen far above the land. (44 words)

As the body neared the ground (forest), the bright body seemed to smudge, and then turned into a giant billow of black smoke, and a loud knocking (not thunder) was heard, as if large stones were falling, or artillery was fired. (41 words)

These Nike Running Invincible 3 trainers have had a top-to-toe makeover thanks to an evolved Flyknit upper, billow cables in the midfoot for stability and a foam sole shaped like a rocker. (34 words)

Example sentences (11)

These Nike Running Invincible 3 trainers have had a top-to-toe makeover thanks to an evolved Flyknit upper, billow cables in the midfoot for stability and a foam sole shaped like a rocker.

Udhampur June 02 (ANI): Smokes and flames billow out after a major fire broke out in Compartment no.

Billow said he and the cameraman, Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed, were removed from the event after midnight, on Independence Day morning.

I love the way they billow and float, seeming to glide effortlessly, and in fact that is what they are doing, wraith like and mysterious in their appearance of substance when they are little more than fog that has risen far above the land.

Authorities report that the fire reached five alarms as smoke continued to billow into the Brooklyn air Saturday afternoon.

Take a crowded theater, where a fire breaks out and smoke starts to billow into the space.

An AFP correspondent in the southern village of Al-Muntar saw huge clouds of grey smoke billow up above olive trees after a barrel bombing.

Burning asphalt caused the black smoke to billow on Thursday.

Drapes billow out of broken windows at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, following a mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas.

As the body neared the ground (forest), the bright body seemed to smudge, and then turned into a giant billow of black smoke, and a loud knocking (not thunder) was heard, as if large stones were falling, or artillery was fired.

The force changes with solar distance and sail angle, which changes the billow in the sail and deflects some elements of the supporting structure, resulting in changes in the sail force and torque.

Common combinations with billow

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "billow" in a sentence?
An example: "These Nike Running Invincible 3 trainers have had a top-to-toe makeover thanks to an evolved Flyknit upper, billow cables in the midfoot for stability and a foam sole shaped like a rocker." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "billow" from authentic English texts.
What does "billow" mean?
Billow means: A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound
What are synonyms of "billow"?
Common synonyms of "billow" include: surge, inflate, heave, locomote, move, go, travel, zoom. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "billow" are there?
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