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Billows is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Billows in a sentence

Related words

Billows | Billowing | Billowed | Billow

Billows meaning

plural of billow

Using Billows

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of billow
  • In the example corpus, billows often appears in combinations such as: smoke billows, billows from, billows of.

Context around Billows

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

smoke 11× aromatic 1× suddenly 1× dust 1× steam 1×

Often after:

following 2× next 1× thick 1×

Sentence patterns with Billows

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

smoke billows from the 2× airport smoke billows and flames 1× and dust billows from targets 1× and steam billows from bełchatów 1× as smoke billows following turkish 1× as smoke billows from the 1× images of billows of black 1× machine and billows out the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

smoke billows from 3× a woman walks 1× as smoke billows 1× at the airport 1× blowing vape into 1× in this photo 1×

Common sentence endings:

amazonas state brazil 1× april 27 2024 1× august 24 2019 1× border on wednesday 1× by turkish forces 1× center twin towers 1×

Words around Billows

Just before it in the word index:

billowing 128 billowed 26 billow 12 billotte 5 billoo 2 billon 6

Just after it in the word index:

billowy 11 billpayer 2 bills 4.881 billsborough 2 billson 6 billstrom 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

abbeys 42 abundances 42 aced 42 ackman 42 actinides 42 adeboye 42

Corpus analysis for Billows

  • In this selection, "billows" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, smoke, aromatic, suddenly, following, next and thick stand out and add context to how "billows" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include smoke billows from the and airport smoke billows and flames. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "billows" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with billows

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

Smoke billows from where the World Trade Center twin towers. (10 words)

Then a puff of smoke suddenly billows next to it. (10 words)

Lambert stood behind the microphone as billows of smoke filled the stage floor. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from targets inside Syria during bombardment by Turkish forces Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (36 words)

One, a cotton shirt is such a fun thing to tuck – it billows in an aesthetically pleasing way, where a T-shirt just droops – that it’s a waste not to. (31 words)

Smoke billows over the Israeli side of the border with Gaza as seen from Gaza City following a series of early morning rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip into Israel. (30 words)

Example sentences (20)

And in a final gesture of farewell, the priest swung over the coffin a censer of burning frankincense, whose aromatic billows of smoke wafted up into the heavens.

As smoke billows from the building behind him, with flames visible, he climbs onto a crane-lifted-cage.

At the airport, smoke billows and flames roar as commercial planes come under attack.

Lambert stood behind the microphone as billows of smoke filled the stage floor.

Smoke billows from the vacant Windsor Hotel in downtown Winnipeg on Wednesday, September 13, 2023.

Smoke billows from where the World Trade Center twin towers.

Smoke billows over the Israeli side of the border with Gaza as seen from Gaza City following a series of early morning rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

The disturbing fire was captured by many Hertfordshire residents, who revealed images of billows of black smoke in the sky as several business units were destroyed.

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One, a cotton shirt is such a fun thing to tuck – it billows in an aesthetically pleasing way, where a T-shirt just droops – that it’s a waste not to.

Smoke billows following an Israeli bombardment north of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on April 27, 2024.

Blowing vape into the air input means it’s sucked through the machine and billows out the top like the console itself is in trouble.

Then a puff of smoke suddenly billows next to it.

A woman walks as smoke billows following Turkish bombardment in Syria's northeastern town of Ras al-Ayn in the Hasakeh province along the Turkish border on Wednesday.

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from targets inside Syria during bombardment by Turkish forces Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019.

Port Alberni, surrounded by imposing mountains, is dominated by a sprawling paper mill that billows thick smoke day and night.

Smoke and dust billows from targets in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, caused by bombardment by Turkish forces.

Smoke and steam billows from Bełchatów, Poland – Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant.

Smoke billows as flames burn through the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on April 15, 2019, in the French capital Paris.

Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil.

Smoke billows from the burning trunk of a tree in the surroundings of Porto Velho, Rondonia State, in the Amazon basin in west-central Brazil, on August 24, 2019.

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Common combinations with billows

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "billows" in a sentence?
An example: "And in a final gesture of farewell, the priest swung over the coffin a censer of burning frankincense, whose aromatic billows of smoke wafted up into the heavens." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "billows" from authentic English texts.
What does "billows" mean?
Billows means: plural of billow
How many example sentences with "billows" are there?
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