How to Use waterspout in a Sentence
waterspout
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Prany turned on all the waterspouts, the showerhead, and the faucet.
—Paul Yoon, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
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This isn't the first time a waterspout has been spotted off Destin.
—Cheryl McCloud, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022
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The waterspout though was off the barrier islands, which is the area of Sunny Isles Beach.
—Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Aug. 2020
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The storms also generated a waterspout over Lake Buyukcekmece, a large lake on the edge of the city.
—Fox News, 25 June 2020
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Also in the mix was freezing rain, thunder snow and at least one waterspout.
—John Hopewell, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
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That video, taken by Amy and Daniel Somers, shows debris flying in the air as the waterspout approached land.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 7 Aug. 2022
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More footage of that waterspout that was near Destin this morning.
—Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2022
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Video from 2015 shows a waterspout whipping over a New Jersey man's house.
—Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 25 Aug. 2017
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The season lacks the abrupt violence of summer squalls, full of lightning and waterspouts, but many a March and April morning speaks of wind.
—Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
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Then, the captain alerted the team that a waterspout—or a tornado that whirls over water—was forming off the port bow.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 24 June 2019
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Nearly 2,000 years ago, Lucian of Samosata wrote a tale about a boat that was blasted all the way to the Moon by a powerful waterspout.
—Joel Davis, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2019
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Footage filmed by area resident Eyup Can Kızılkaya shows the waterspout moving over the lake.
—Fox News, 25 June 2020
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This glass bath is shallow enough for birds of all sizes to splash and also includes a pleasant mini waterspout in the center.
—Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
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One such story tells of the journey Lucian and 50 companions take on a boat carried to the Moon by a giant waterspout.
—Joel Davis, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2019
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According to the city’s Facebook post about the incident, a waterspout is the most likely cause of the bizarre animal rain.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 Jan. 2022
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Mehrlich said airport staff, too, initially thought the fish were carried by a waterspout.
—Dallas News, 22 June 2022
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It is believed that waterspouts, which are tornadoes over water, can suck fish into the air and the wind carries them until they are tossed to the ground.
—Joy Johnston, ajc, 30 Sep. 2017
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The waterspout occurred on the south side of Cuba in the town of Cienfuegos, and lasted for about 8 minutes, not causing any damage.
—Jennifer Gray and Haley Brink, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
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South Florida is the waterspout capital of the world, although most of them remain over the water.
—Doug Phillips, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 May 2017
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The waterspout occurring today near the Mackinac Bridge was a fair-weather one.
—Slone Terranella, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2020
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The state is no stranger to tornadoes, and a lot of that has to do with coastal weather systems that can drum up the maritime phenomenon known as a waterspout.
—Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2019
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On extreme occasions, a few of these vortices may stretch all the way up to the clouds above, creating the elusive winter waterspout.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2018
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The waterspout moved into the Bay City neighborhood of Kent Island at 1:29 a.m., according to the report.
—Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 24 July 2017
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Originally hung to scare off evil spirits, the monster’s head doubled as a hideous waterspout that drained rainwater down off the roof and out the beast’s mouth.
—San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2020
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The user labeled the phenomenon a waterspout in the video's caption.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
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The typical waterspout will have winds of 30-40 mph, according to the weather service.
—Leigh Morgan, al.com, 5 June 2019
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On this day: In 2002, a waterspout formed over the Mississippi River near Norco and moved overhead as a funnel cloud.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, NOLA.com, 19 Dec. 2017
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Hail was even reported on the islands as the storms moved onshore early in the week, and there were several reports of waterspouts captured off Maui.
—Kathryn Prociv, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2018
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That along with funnel clouds, waterspouts and hailstorms, made for an interesting Father’s Day in much of western Oregon.
—oregonlive, 20 June 2023
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Damaging winds of up to 95 mph, brief tornadoes and waterspouts are also possible Sunday.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024
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