Sentence examples for hour swept from inspiring English sources

When a storm brought heavy rains, a 5-metre-high wave of mud, boulders and branches, travelling at 30 kilometres per hour, swept into people's homes.

Sustainedwinds of 35 to 40 miles an hour swept from the Dakotas to the eastern GreatLakes, and tornadoes were spotted in Racine County, Wis., and Peotone, Ill.Above, the storm moved through Manteno, Ill., six miles south of Peotone.

Wind gusts as strong as 120 miles an hour swept through the city, rocking tall buildings and fueling storm swells that threatened the coastline with waves as high as 40 feet.

An initial investigation showed that the boat was overloaded with nearly 80 people; it was designed to carry only 12. PAGE A9 FRANCE AND SPAIN STILL RECOVERING France and Spain struggled to restore electricity to more than a million homes after powerful gales of more than 100 miles an hour swept across both countries on Saturday, leaving at least 15 people dead, including 4 children.

And during the second game of the series, a dust storm gusting 25 to 40 miles per hour swept through downtown Phoenix and blew through cracks in the ballpark's walls.

Shortly after the rain ended, a flash flood (estimated at 2,000 litres per second for several hours) swept along a usually dry riverbed, punching through inadequate flood-control structures.

This is achieved by the eyelids, which during waking hours sweep the secretions of the lacrimal apparatus and other glands over the surface at regular intervals and which during sleep cover the eyes and prevent evaporation.

Then the wheelbarrow is a wilder blue, the clouds a brighter white, and all I hear is the rasp of the steel edge against a round stone, the small plants singing with lifted faces, and the click of the sundial as one hour sweeps into the next.

In and around Syracuse, more than 120,000 Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation customers remained without power today as utility crews worked to repair the damage caused by winds as high as 90 miles per hour that swept through Monday.

Soon after a large gaggle of Secret Service agents made its way into the restaurant during the tail end of happy hour, Mrs. Obama swept in, smartly dressed in a white top cinched with a belt, and greeted surprised bar patrons as she floated by, Ms. Jarrett and other companions trailing behind.

Earth Hour has swept the globe, drawing together hundreds of millions of people in 152 countries and territories spanning every continent.