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Meanings of gusty in English

Blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts.

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Examples for "puffy"
1
He gazed about the familiar confines of the room in puffy-eyed stupidity.
The Promise / A Tale of the Great Northwest
2
Above the line of the beard the skin was mottled and puffy.
The Street Called Straight
3
Long white streaks marked the puffy red of the swollen, dropsical flesh.
A Daughter of the Land
4
They regard him through puffy eyes and continue to shovel in pizza.
The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228
5
Rann laughed and lowered one puffy eyelid in a blandly unembarrassed wink.
The Voice of the People
Usage of gusty in English
1
She opened it, and was out alone in the black, gusty night.
The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance
2
In the dark moons, they have here much gusty weather with rains.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
3
It's not especially wide, it can be very gusty and very windy.
Radio NZ
4
The bowed Wilbur twin was startled by a gusty torrent of laughter.
The Wrong Twin
5
His horse's head hung low as the gelding blew in gusty snorts.
Ride Proud, Rebel!
6
The next day, Thursday, November 13, the gusty winds had died down.
Firewall
7
She's a gray-haired, gusty lady with offices up near Carl Schurz Park.
The new yorker
8
Round came Sir John like the Blossholme weathercock on a gusty day.
The Lady of Blossholme
9
The tinker looked over the horse again and gave a gusty sigh.
The Name of the Wind
10
A fitful, gusty south wind was blowing, though the sky was clear.
Winter Sunshine
11
A gusty sigh from Tom made sentiment impossible, as he said pensively:
Jo's Boys
12
What enthusiasm on that gusty Monday morning, the Sixth of May, 1861!
The Crisis — Volume 05
13
She was naked, bringing a gusty smell of brine and cigarette smoke.
The Girls
14
Strong, gusty and hot developed today, with gusts up to 90km an hour.
Radio NZ
15
Those gusty days, it's everybody's Aunt Flo has come to visit.
Rant: an oral biography of buster casey
16
Winds backing south to south-east will increase to very strong and gusty everywhere.
The Irish Times
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United Kingdom
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