Explore Blustery through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like blustering or stormy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Blustery in a sentence
Blustery meaning
- Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts.
- Accompanied by strong wind.
- Pompous or arrogant, especially in one's speech; given to outbursts.
Synonyms of Blustery
Using Blustery
- The main meaning on this page is: Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts. | Accompanied by strong wind. | Pompous or arrogant, especially in one's speech; given to outbursts.
- Useful related words include: blustering, blusterous, stormy, bullying.
- In the example corpus, blustery often appears in combinations such as: and blustery, blustery showers, blustery conditions.
Context around Blustery
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blustery
- In this selection, "blustery" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stay, widespread, heavy, showers, conditions and especially stand out and add context to how "blustery" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and heavy blustery showers on and and turning blustery at times. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blustery" sits close to words such as abject, accumulations and adi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blustery
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Blustery, especially along the coasts. (5 words)
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Blustery. (8 words)
It is going to be blustery in the county at times. (11 words)
Meteorologist and presenter Aidan McGivern said: ‘It’s going to stay blustery, with some strong gusts in the west in particular and these lows will continue to send us outbreaks of rain and showers heading into the weekend. (38 words)
The blustery instrumentation on “Ugly Day,” for example, should win over newly converted punks obsessed with superclean contemporary hardcore bands, and Nolen’s relaxed, understated singing coats the music with a sugary glaze. (33 words)
Seth Meyers on Thursday contrasted the “blustery, unhinged” figure that former President Donald Trump to the Trump “who only exists when he’s under oath” and under threat of perjury. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Blustery conditions could not dampen the enthusiasm of Derbyshire nature lovers as hundreds showed up for the annual open day at the county’s first butterfly reserve.
Blustery, especially along the coasts.
But a Met Office warning reads: "A spell of heavy rain early in the day clears northwards but is followed by fairly frequent heavy and blustery showers.
Christmas Eve in the North East is set to be blustery, with a yellow wind warning in place for most of the day.
Flood warnings have been issued across parts of the UK as heavy rain and blustery winds bring a weekend washout for many.
It is going to be blustery in the county at times.
Kate Yoemans in her Laser charging for the line on a blustery Tweed River.
Meteorologist and presenter Aidan McGivern said: ‘It’s going to stay blustery, with some strong gusts in the west in particular and these lows will continue to send us outbreaks of rain and showers heading into the weekend.
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Blustery.
On Saturday and Sunday we may well see it start to turn cooler with some widespread blustery showers, which could be potentially heavy at times.
Seth Meyers on Thursday contrasted the “blustery, unhinged” figure that former President Donald Trump to the Trump “who only exists when he’s under oath” and under threat of perjury.
The blustery instrumentation on “Ugly Day,” for example, should win over newly converted punks obsessed with superclean contemporary hardcore bands, and Nolen’s relaxed, understated singing coats the music with a sugary glaze.
The Dakotas and Minnesota also make the top ten and are very cold and blustery places.
The Met Office forecasts sunny spells and heavy blustery showers on Sunday.
A Met Office forecast for the South West for Thursday reads: "Heavy rain through the morning and turning blustery at times.
And Sunday will bring a mix of sunny intervals, blustery showers, and perhaps longer spells of rain in the north.
And the outlook for Saturday to Monday explains: "Turning wet and windy for all on Saturday, with some hill snow initially, and blustery showers on Sunday and Monday.
As long as it's not too breezy and blustery, it should not be a half-bad end to the weekend.
A spokesperson for the Met Office said: “A mixture of sunny spells and blustery scattered showers for Good Friday.
Bashir came in for some heavy hits as he attempted unsuccessfully to lock down an end in blustery conditions, but he did bowl Glenn Phillips (16) to edge England closer.
Common combinations with blustery
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and blustery 20×
- blustery showers 15×
- blustery conditions 13×
- blustery winds 7×
- blustery with 6×
- on blustery 6×
- in blustery 6×
- be blustery 5×
- around blustery 5×
- the blustery 5×