Get to know Gust better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like blast or blow.
Gust in a sentence
Related words
Gust meaning
- A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
- Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion, etc.).
Using Gust
- The main meaning on this page is: A strong, abrupt rush of wind. | Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion, etc.).
- Useful related words include: blast, blow, wind, air current.
- In the example corpus, gust often appears in combinations such as: gust of, wind gust, could gust.
Context around Gust
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gust
- In this selection, "gust" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wind, strong, widely, jar, gelding and reaching stand out and add context to how "gust" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a strong gust of wind and 12 a gust of wind. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gust" sits close to words such as abstinence, adventurer and alters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gust
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Winds will gust up to 40 miles an hour. (9 words)
Shoot the Gust Jar to make the lily pad move. (10 words)
All it takes is a gust of wind and we could have a bushfire. (14 words)
A spokesman for Blackpool Zoo said: “We can confirm that a young pelican was scared by a flock of seagulls at around 2pm on Friday (August 4), causing it to try to fly onto the roof of our flamingo house and it was taken on a gust of wind. (49 words)
After SFA regained a one-run lead in the bottom of the first inning, second baseman ignited the first of K-State’s home runs — all of which were smashed to left field despite a 5 mph wind gust to the south. (42 words)
Based on the role-playing game (RPG) created by Gust that landed on the PC, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in 2019, Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout is the 21st entry in the long-running series. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Winds are expected to quite widely gust to around 40 to 50mph inland but locally could gust in excess of 60mph.
A banner hangs down in front of the store, a ripple and crack as the wind snaps the rainbow fabric in an early November gust.
After SFA regained a one-run lead in the bottom of the first inning, second baseman ignited the first of K-State’s home runs — all of which were smashed to left field despite a 5 mph wind gust to the south.
All it takes is a gust of wind and we could have a bushfire.
And it’s not just sprinkle and a gust here; we’re talking veld fires and heavy downpours here which may lead to across low-lying areas.
A spokesman for Blackpool Zoo said: “We can confirm that a young pelican was scared by a flock of seagulls at around 2pm on Friday (August 4), causing it to try to fly onto the roof of our flamingo house and it was taken on a gust of wind.
Based on the role-playing game (RPG) created by Gust that landed on the PC, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in 2019, Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout is the 21st entry in the long-running series.
He says at this point a strong gust of wind will knock Danielson over, much less him.
On the morning of Feb. 12, a gust of wind blew open the door to the house where Chappy lives.
Shile Ilsa sets a new record for the strongest sustained wind gust at landfall, category-five tropical cyclones have been occurring with some regularity overall.
Shoot the Gust Jar to make the lily pad move.
Sunday is expected to be mostly sunny and windy, with a high near 65. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph.
There was a gust of wind, the inflatable zorb took off from the water pool with the boy inside.
The Trust In A Gust gelding has finished worse than second only once in five starts back from a break, winning three times, including the Gawler Cup at his latest.
The Weather Service did record a wind gust reaching 60 miles per hour but there were no confirmed tornado touchdowns in Orange.
Winds will gust up to 40 miles an hour.
With reinforcements in town, Brett Seney, David Gust were all sent down to Rockford to aid their playoff push.
All it would take is one strong gust of wind or a single weak link to cause to fall completely in on itself.
Andy Tinger with the National Weather Service Lake Charles said the highest wind gust of 85 mph reported at Jack Brooks Regional Airport during Thursday’s storms.
As the ground dries out, the invisible spores can be lifted out of the soil by a bulldozer, a rake, a hiking boot, an earthquake, or even a strong gust of wind.
Common combinations with gust
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gust of 50×
- wind gust 18×
- could gust 15×
- gust as 10×
- gust to 8×
- gust up 7×
- strong gust 6×
- the gust 5×
- will gust 5×
- gust over 4×