Examples of williwaw in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The williwaw, a gale-force wind that came rolling down the mountain gathering speed, was depicted as a whorled cloud. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2022 The dominant use of williwaw throughout the 19th century was in relation to storms around Cape Horn, including the Straits of Magellan. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2022 The williwaw gusts swirled thick fog among transport ships off Attu Island, and the waiting infantrymen nervously mulled the name of their landing site: Massacre Bay. Alex Horton, Washington Post, 24 May 2018

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“Williwaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/williwaw. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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