1
a
: a strong current of air:
(1)
: a wind from 32 to 63 miles per hour (about 51 to 102 kilometers per hour)
(2)
b
archaic
: breeze
2
: an emotional outburst
gales of laughter
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Examples of gale in a Sentence
The boat was damaged in a strong gale.
The winds approached gale force.
The audience erupted in gales of laughter.
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At the same time, onshore gales will pile a storm surge along the coast, creating coastal flooding as the deluge occurs, rendering drainage — which relies on gravity, ineffective.
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
During the storm in 2008, roughly eight feet of water filled the city’s streets; 110-mile-per-hour gales whipped the building’s brick walls.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Serving as a governor under Joe Biden has been like a gale force win in our face.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, but a chilly gale blasted up from the Southern Ocean.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
During the storm in 2008, roughly eight feet of water filled the city’s streets; 110-mile-per-hour gales whipped the building’s brick walls.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Serving as a governor under Joe Biden has been like a gale force win in our face.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, but a chilly gale blasted up from the Southern Ocean.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
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gale
noun1
: a strong current of air
especially
: a wind of from 32 to 63 miles (about 51 to 101 kilometers) per hour
2
: an emotional outburst
gales of laughter
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