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How to use squall in a sentence

16 example sentences · verb, noun

Squall means to cry or wail loudly. Example: “The orchestra burst into a sudden loud squalling.”

Examples of squall by meaning

verbTo cry or wail loudly.

  • Squalling like an infuriated cat, the shadow crashed down1916, Jack London, The Red One
  • The orchestra burst into a sudden loud squalling.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC
  • Some night-bird, belike, or a sea-gull squalling below the headland.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 39

verbTo fall suddenly and forcefully, as if a squall.

  • Rain squalled sudden against the window.2012 July 31, A. William James, Book Thirteen, eBook Partnership, →ISBN
  • Rain squalled in heavy sheets across the street.2015 10, Cindy Williams, The Pounamu Prophecy, Rhiza Press, →ISBN

nounA sudden storm, as found in a squall line.

  • Luckily she wasn’t there any more, no one was, when he returned from the Caribbean carnival damp-hatted and soaked through after being caught unprepared by a squall of hard, hot rain.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5
  • With reports of the Japanese forces bearing down on them confirmed, Rear Admiral Sprague orders his ships east, heading towards a series of rain squalls, hoping for concealment.2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 10:57 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov...

nounA loud cry or wail.

  • The media present rising prices as a passing squall for the middle class, brought on by Vlad ’n’ Liz and resulting in spiking mortgage rates and fewer trips to Waitrose.2023 August 17, Aditya Chakrabortty, “Can’t pay and they really do take it away: what happens when the bailiffs come knocking”, in The...

More sentences with squall

  • Despite the predictable squalling on some of the Twilight fanblogs, the two leads are impeccably cast.2008, Vanity Fair, numbers 579-580, page 329. From the entry predictable
  • The squall over Mr Cheney's behaviour in Quailgate will probably die down, providing Mr Whittington survives.2006, The Economist, volume 378, page 34. From the entry Quailgate
  • Did sea-gulls squall at night, or did they squall at all?1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 39. From the entry nature-lover
  • Bradly stood listening to the old woman's squalling, resenting its note of febrile violence; its bedlamite insolence of old age.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 195. From the entry bedlamite
  • "Squalled at me that she owned the business and that she wouldn't take any back talk from me and that the piece wasn't for sale.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 156. From the entry piece
  • The clocks lining the dream hallway in her mind taunted her with their twisting hands, their broken faces, and some of them, with a cringe-worthy coo-coo, coo-coo squall.2014, Norah Wilson, Heather Doherty, Forever the Night. From the entry coo-coo
  • Then the squall was gone as swiftly as it had come and the sun began to break through the clouds as Mike went slowly along the trail.1956, The Saturday Evening Post. From the entry slat
  • The American escort carriers reach the first in a series of rain squalls, and Japanese fire drops off significantly, as their optical systems are unable to see through the rain.2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 17:27 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov…. From the entry respite

Meaning of squall

  1. verb To cry or wail loudly.
  2. verb To fall suddenly and forcefully, as if a squall.
  3. noun A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.

Full definition of squall

Questions about squall in a sentence

How do you use squall in a sentence?
Squall is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The orchestra burst into a sudden loud squalling.”
What is a short sentence with squall?
“Rain squalled sudden against the window.”
What does squall mean?
Squall means to cry or wail loudly.

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