Below you will find example sentences with "dust devil". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Dust Devil in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: dust
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "dust devil" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 25 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as dust devil main a, a dust devil fully formed, air, hot and surface stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with dust storms, devil fruit, dust bowl, dust storms, dust bowl and dust particles, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with dust devil
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
The dust devil itself (the black spot) is climbing the crater wall. (12 words)
The genesis of the vortex is probably similar to that of a dust devil. (14 words)
Names In the southwestern United States, a dust devil is sometimes called a "dancing devil". (15 words)
Dust devil main A dust devil is a strong, well-formed, and relatively long-lived whirlwind, ranging from small (half a metre wide and a few metres tall) to large (more than 10 metres wide and more than 1000 metres tall). (41 words)
Using data from the imagery, mission scientists determined that the dust devil was about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) away, at a location nicknamed "Thorofare Ridge," and moving east to west at a clip of about 12 mph (19 kph). (40 words)
In 1997, the Mars Pathfinder lander detected a dust devil passing over it. citation citation In the image shown here, photographed by the Mars Global Surveyor, the long dark streak is formed by a moving swirling column of Martian atmosphere. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
As available extreme hot air near the surface is channeled up the dust devil, eventually surrounding cooler air will be sucked in. Once this occurs, the effect is dramatic, and the dust devil dissipates in seconds.
Dust devil main A dust devil (also known as a whirlwind) resembles a tornado in that it is a vertical swirling column of air.
Dust devil main A dust devil is a strong, well-formed, and relatively long-lived whirlwind, ranging from small (half a metre wide and a few metres tall) to large (more than 10 metres wide and more than 1000 metres tall).
Names In the southwestern United States, a dust devil is sometimes called a "dancing devil".
Field experiments indicate that a dust devil can lift 1 gram of dust per second from each square metre (10 lb/s from each acre) of ground it passes over.
Using data from the imagery, mission scientists determined that the dust devil was about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) away, at a location nicknamed "Thorofare Ridge," and moving east to west at a clip of about 12 mph (19 kph).
Watch as an umpire saves a kid from a "Dust Devil" during a 7U Youth baseball game.
Following his well-liked debut feature film "Hardware" in 1990, South African director Richard Stanley dug up a screenplay he'd written at age 16 to make "Dust Devil," his follow-up.
A dust devil sent sunbathers at a Russian seaside resort running for cover as it tore across the beach, sending towels and beach furniture flying.
The system already recorded some alien input: A drop in air pressure, possibly caused by a passing dust devil, was detected by the pressure sensor.
A dust devil, fully formed, is a funnel-like chimney through which hot air moves, both upwards and in a circle.
At the final frames, one can see that the dust devil has left a trail on the Martian surface.
Dusty or sandy conditions will cause particles to become caught up in the vortex, making the dust devil easily visible.
In 1997, the Mars Pathfinder lander detected a dust devil passing over it. citation citation In the image shown here, photographed by the Mars Global Surveyor, the long dark streak is formed by a moving swirling column of Martian atmosphere.
The dust devil is able to sustain itself longer by moving over nearby sources of hot surface air.
The dust devil itself (the black spot) is climbing the crater wall.
The genesis of the vortex is probably similar to that of a dust devil.
The lead-up single from their latest album, entitled "Dust Devil ", was released on 11 May on Lucky 7 Records.
The secondary flow in the dust devil causes other hot air to speed horizontally inward to the bottom of the newly forming vortex.
Usually this occurs when the dust devil is not moving fast enough (depletion) or begins to enter a terrain where the surface temperatures are cooler, causing unbalance.