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Meanings of
billowy
in English
Characterized by great swelling waves or surges.
surging
billowing
Related terms
stormy
Usage of
billowy
in English
1
The sea was swollen and
billowy
;
it made the Nautilus rock violently.
2
He loved the mountains, the lakes, the rivers and the
billowy
sea.
3
The rope attached to it swings far out into the
billowy
future.
4
The Laramie Plains extend northward and westward, like a
billowy
green sea.
5
Then, the sea becoming more
billowy
,
we descended, and the panel closed.
6
That was a terrible night for Cosmo-
a
night
billowy
with black fire.
7
Elise got off the plane wearing jeans, a
billowy
shirt, and flip-flops.
8
Overhead, white,
billowy
clouds float lazily over their background of ethereal blue.
9
His moustache is a flourishing, uncurbed, riotous growth above his
billowy
chin.
10
What a grand pyramid of
billowy
clouds towers above the storied Pari!
11
Over the
billowy
grain, cloud shadows chase each other as if in play.
12
Her colour, and the heaving of that
billowy
bosom made Winton add quickly:
13
Her arms waved within the
billowy
folds of the patterned kimono she wore.
14
The mountains were pale blue, and looked like soft heaps of
billowy
clouds.
15
But close by the vestry-door, there was this little
billowy
lake of grass.
16
Stephen Giles passed by, guiding the
billowy
undulations of Eudoxia Pence.
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billowy
Adjective
Frequent collocations
billowy sea
billowy clouds
billowy masses
billowy sleeves
billowy ocean
More collocations
Billowy
through the time
Billowy
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common