Sentence examples for squall at from inspiring English sources

Conrad's classic short novel about a squall at sea stars the aptly named Captain Mac Whirr an empiricist who is much annoyed at the inconvenience to his ship, and his first mate, Jukes.

Of the elder statesmen he fared the worst here; Guided by Voices stuck to its bruising singalongs and did just fine, and the hardcore supergroup Off! was stellar, one 75-second squall at a time.

Bashaw sighted the Japanese ships as they emerged from a rain squall at 3 15 pm, but one of the battleship-carriers spotted the submarine and launched an aircraft to attack it.

BARACK OBAMA faces squalls at home, but his reputation in most of the rest of the world continues to shine.

The railroad, thoughtfully elevated to spare the hamlet constant whistle squalling at crossings, then as now provided a convenient commute to jobs in the city.

In this part of the world, stormy weather equals houses of worship: Sailors and their families built the churches upon returning safely from squalls at sea. — A.R.

The first shower was small, a short burst that didn't delay the game, but a bigger squall arrived at the end of the ninth.

Like the record, the show was claustrophobic and often monotonous, shoegazer squall operating at a steady thrum, but rarely breaking free of it.

There's a continuing little squall over at the Telegraph's Mandrake column about the fact that chancellor George Osborne, culture minister Ed Vaizey and education secretary Michael Gove apparently bunked off work in September to attend performances, beginning at 4pm, of the Ring at the Royal Opera House, as guests of Tony Hall.

The show is part of the Seventh International Festival of Arts and Ideas here, and predictably it has touched off a squall; demonstrators at the show's opening on Tuesday held up signs protesting the group's appearance and passed out fliers presenting "an alternate view" of the conflict in the Middle East.

Wake lows form due to adiabatic warming in the wake of mature squall lines at the back edge of their rain shields, where evaporative cooling is unable to offset warming due to atmospheric subsidence, or downward motion.