Example sentences from the Web for simoom

After that she could be irritated but she could not be depressed by Aunt Bessie's simoom of questioning.
Main Street|Sinclair Lewis
And his breath failed him, his throat was parched, his face burned as with the simoom wind, his legs were trembling under him.
Hypatia|Charles Kingsley
Then the tent walls began again to flap in the returning gusts, and announced that the worst of the simoom had gone by.
Travels in Arabia|Bayard Taylor
This sort of epistle came upon the marchese like the simoom.
The Life and Adventures of Bruce, the African Traveller|Francis Head

Perhaps the full blast of the simoom may last an hour—perhaps two or even three hours.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson

simoom

simoon (sɪˈmuːn)

/ (sɪˈmuːm) /

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noun

a strong suffocating sand-laden wind of the deserts of Arabia and North AfricaAlso called: samiel

Word Origin for simoom

from Arabic samūm poisonous, from sam poison, from Aramaic sammā poison

Words nearby simoom

simon-pure, Simon says, Simonson, simony, Simon Zelotes, simoom, simp, simpatico, simper, simple, simple absence

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