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• There was a sudden gust of wind, on which spores were borne away.From the entry wind
• A vagrant gust of wind snatched the note from my grasp.From the entry grasp
• He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.From the entry incline
• The gust of wind discovered a bone in the sand.From the entry discover
• Distracted by the way that the sudden gust of wind exposed the girl's bare thighs, he tripped on the uneven sidewalk and faceplanted straight into her soft cantaloupes.From the entry cantaloupe
• Conditions on Snowdon had been dry, but gusting winds had made walking difficult.2022 July 13, Paul Bigland, “Charity walkers are high and mighty...”, in RAIL, number 961, page 45. From the entry gusting
• The wind gusted through, shivering me, so that my waterlogged brogans were like ice against my feet.2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 65. From the entry brogan
• The mighty gust of wind that followed the giant’s landing was the culprit.2018, J.H. Hutchins, “The Finale”, in Dhampir (Avalon; 1), ASIN B07DN2WGBS. From the entry plateskirt
• Strong gusts of wind buffeted the train, and ghostly virga of ice followed it through the night.2003, Erik Larson, “Pilgrimage”, in The Devil in the White City, Vintage Books, page 78. From the entry virga
• The door was opened, and the gust of warm air revived us.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry line
• Gusts of letters blow in from all corners of the British Isles.1916 June, Max Beerbohm, “A. V. Laider”, in Seven Men, London: William Heinemann, published 1919, →OCLC, page 147. From the entry cousin
• “Through the rest of the afternoon,” Gregoria said, “there’s potential for wind gusts of 50 and even up to 70 mph.”2020 October 26, Hayley Smith, “Ferocious winds briefly force closure of Ontario Airport”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los…. From the entry Gregoria
• It was so loud that it caused Fluttershy’s pink hair to blow backward in a gust of wind.2013, G. M. Berrow, “Pinkie Pie in the Sky”, in Pinkie Pie and the Rockin’ Ponypalooza Party! (My Little Pony), New York, N.Y.: Little…. From the entry whoopsies
• A gust of wind knifed up the street making him glad of the thick fur of his costume.2012, Vicki Jarrett, Nothing Is Heavy. From the entry knife up
• Jake headed upriver, fighting gusts that hit him square in the chest and stopped his skis in midglide.2011, William Durbin, The Darkest Evening, page 195. From the entry midglide
• A slackish kicking strap allows the top of the mainsail to fall off forward in the heaviest gusts.2009, Eric Twiname, Start to Win: The Classic Text, →ISBN, page 106. From the entry slackish
• Then he had to concentrate his efforts on a smooth descent through the swirling gusts of the brickfielder.1986, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, volume 106, numbers 1-4, page 60. From the entry brickfielder
• These gusts are responsible for the many recorded incidents of wind-measuring devices disappearing from weather bureau roofs in midstorm.1983, Orrin H. Pilkey, Coastal design: a guide for builders, planners, and home owners. From the entry midstorm
• They had had an afternoon of blusterous tramontana, continually changing direction and force, and exploding the light snowfalls with mischievous gusts.1982, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 8, in Constance, New York: Viking, page 250. From the entry blusterous
• Alexander von Humboldt, the very opposite of a hysterical demagogue and Asiaphobe, condemned Genghis Khan's Mongols as a “pestilential gust of wind.”2019, Jürgen Osterhammel, Unfabling the East. From the entry Asiaphobe
• The sky was a bruised purple, and a gusting wind enveloped them so that it was a struggle to keep the mishoon from getting swamped.2014 August 15, Tim Weed, Will Poole's Island, namelos llc, →ISBN, page 32. From the entry mishoon
• Small, ragged, low cloud fragments that are unattached to a larger cloud base and often seen with and behind cold fronts and thunderstorm gust fronts.2004, US National Weather Service Glossary. From the entry scud
• We had a classical gust front from a thunderstorm that's located behind the camera and we had what we call, a dustnado.1986, Doppler Radar Systems and the Wind-shear Aviation Problem. From the entry dustnado
• She swayed slightly in the gusts, bent supply to them and seemed at one with the force which Straup found so hostile.1963, Johanna Moosdorf, Next door. From the entry supply
• We could hear the drizzle caught up in the gusts and driven spatteringly against the cardboard we had stuck in the empty window frames.1948, Sidney Moss, Samuel Moss, Thy Men Shall Fall, page 209. From the entry spatteringly
• One has the feeling that these devouring industrial dinosaurs, wreathed in cruel gusts of steam like Moloch, grind out collarbuttons or something equally puny.1927 March 7, The New York Telegram; quoted in Stanley Kauffmann and Bruce Henstell, editors, American Film Criticism: From the Beginnings…. From the entry collarbutton
• People are sensitive to the differences between gusts, stormfronts, and whirlwinds and interpret them both pragmatically as weather conditions and as a reminder of sacred unity.2000, Bruce Lerro, From Earth Spirits to Sky Gods, page 67. From the entry stormfront
• Wind howled along the earth, attaining a voice as it gusted around the rocks and spindly trees: a low muttersome sound like children whispering at the bottom of a well.2014, Nick Cutter, The Troop. From the entry muttersome
• No ′40s movie heroine worth the name would have a house that let in gusts of gelid air, had a heating system that went on the fritz constantly and leaked.2004, Lisa Marie Rice, Woman On the Run, page 32. From the entry on the fritz
• A short flight of iron steps leads up to it and a storm door is built over the stoop, forming a little vestibule, and serving to keep out the gusts.1902, Gustav Kobbé, Signora: a child of the opera house, page 15. From the entry stoop

Meaning of gust

1. noun A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
2. noun Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion, etc.).
3. verb To blow in gusts.

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Questions about gust in a sentence

How do you use gust in a sentence?

Gust is used as a noun and verb. For example: “There was a sudden gust of wind, on which spores were borne away.”

What is a short sentence with gust?

“The gust of wind discovered a bone in the sand.”

What does gust mean?

Gust means a strong, abrupt rush of wind.