How to Use dust storm in a Sentence

dust storm

noun
  • This wasn’t just any dust storm.
    — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In their place, dust storms are on the rise.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The risk of clouds is lower than that of a dust storm.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
  • This was a dust storm 15 years in the making.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Motorists should not drive into a dust storm.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • If a leg breaks in a Martian dust storm, the mission doesn’t end.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Mars’s atmosphere has dust and sand and is prone to dust devils and dust storms.
    — Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 26 Nov. 2025
  • If driving, avoid dust storms if possible.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Therefore, the dust storm warning will be allowed to expire.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 17 May 2026
  • Therefore, the dust storm warning will be allowed to expire.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In the West, 100-mph winds sparked dust storms in Colorado.
    — Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 23 June 2026
  • The dust storm approaching the Phoenix metro area Monday.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
  • From June to September, large dust storms can occur across the state as high winds pick up loose dust.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Haboob is an Arabic word for a violent dust storm or sandstorm.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • One evening can end in booming thunder, violent downpours and raging dust storms.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The strong winds also fueled dust storms in the area, which threatened driving conditions.
    — Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • Extreme weather events like dust storms, floods, and high winds are spreading dangerous fungal spores.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Spores become airborne when soil is disturbed by dust storms, construction, or earthquakes.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Beneath its thin sky, dust storms roar, dust devils twist across the surface, and tiny grains of sand constantly rub against each other.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 Jan. 2026
  • In addition to posing hazards to motorists, some health conditions could be worsened by the dust storm.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • An Illinois dust storm threat could reduce visibility to less than a quarter of a mile.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 4 May 2026
  • Videos posted on social media showed entire neighborhoods engulfed in darkness as the dust storm rolled through.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Widespread flooding rains, dust storms and tornadoes are possible.
    — Daniel Manzo, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Footage shared on social media appeared to show festival-goers attempting to secure their tents amid the dust storm.
    — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The massive dust storm was quickly followed by damaging thunderstorms.
    — Jade Walker, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Thunderstorms of this type can also produce dust storms and intense downpours that lead to flash flooding, forecasters said.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Denuded of vegetation, dry soil can go airborne in pillars of swirling dirt or sun-eclipsing dust storms that coat roads and buildings in sandy grit.
    — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This was the biggest dust storm Phoenix had seen since July 5, 2011 — the storm by which all others are judged.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This can happen during a wildfire, a dust storm, a high pollen day, a high mold spore day, in an area with industrial pollution, or in an urban area during rush hour.
    — Jamie Friedlander Serrano, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Immigration raids now sweep through the Valley like dust storms — sudden, unannounced, merciless.
    — Dean Florez, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025

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