Sentence examples for in a gale from inspiring English sources

Buildings swayed like reeds in a gale.

They look, so local wags claim, like "four giant transvestites caught in a gale".

Hell hath no fury like a golfer in a gale, that's for sure.

The Whydah, with 180 to 210 men aboard, sank in a gale in 1717.

It is now being forced to do so in a gale.

2. Margate [graphic] : landing on the jetty in a gale / William Heath.

Recently, one boat sank in a gale, and the crew was barely saved by another boat.

In a gale, the waves crash right over it, sending spray 60ft or more above.

While booming markets can make them look attractive, "All turkeys fly in a gale".

"That thing wouldn't be seaworthy in a gale," says a naval veteran on the port.

Still in command of Bedford, he took part in the blockade of Flushing under Admiral John Ferrier, narrowly avoiding being wrecked in a gale on 14 January 1814.