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adjective

as in rolling

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billowing

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verb

present participle of billow

as in protruding

to extend outward beyond a usual point the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind

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Recent Examples of billowing

Adjective

The reality star wore a billowing tie-dye gown complete with three-dimensional ruffles. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 29 May 2026

Verb

Look at the jagged lines, the geometric shapes, the neon colour schemes, the tall collars, the billowing short sleeves. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026 Images and videos posted to social media showed smoke billowing out over the resort entrance. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026 Wide teak decks, polished stainless-steel accents, sleek rigging and billowing white sails define the design. — Stephanie Orma, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The lower Hudson River was, for a few hours, blanketed in billowing fabric. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 June 2026 Footage taken in Yangon showed a massive array of drugs engulfed in a raging inferno, with thick black smoke billowing into the sky. — Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026 The room, its walls expensively craquelure'd to resemble fractured eggshells, its pale taffeta curtains billowing in the chill English breeze, is more Hollywood boudoir than office. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026 The thick, noxious smoke billowing out of a Los Angeles warehouse has been a fixture of the city’s skyline for almost a week as crews race to contain a fire at a cold-storage facility holding 85 million pounds of frozen food. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 22 June 2026 The fire, which started Sunday, is west of Tamarac, with billowing smoke visible from the Sawgrass Expressway, according to live Florida Department of Transportation traffic camera footage. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for billowing

Adjective

Electric motorcycles, meanwhile, have become rolling showcases for torque figures and quarter-mile times.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
Lockups for insiders are expiring on a rolling basis in the coming weeks and months, which could add selling pressure to the stock price as index inclusion adds buying pressure.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of rolling

Verb

The apartment's one window, protruding from the zinc roof, faces west, putting it in direct sun from midday to dusk.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
All door handles in the ward are metal levers flush with the door, rather than protruding, to prevent patients from using them as ligature points.

— Ashley Andreou, STAT, 22 June 2026

Definition of protruding

Verb

Calderón, a big, bald man wearing a gold chain and cross-shaped earrings, sat off to the side, amid an entourage of muscular assistants in polo shirts, poking at his phone.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
If their edges are poking out from your ice sphere, your ice will melt and break apart faster.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2026

Definition of poking

Adjective

To blow out your curls for a wavy texture like Taylor's, Gutterman says to use a small round brush and focus your dryer on your ends to smooth out strands and give the ends that curl.

— Audrey Noble, InStyle, 2 July 2026
In a house where trim is stripped away, like 1022 Via Treviso, there’s nowhere to hide a wavy wall or a slightly off corner.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2026

Definition of wavy

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As the influence of the Daoism of Celestial Masters spread, Zhang Daoling would also come to be seen as a powerful deity in his own right, often depicted with bulging eyes and wearing a red robe, accompanied by a tiger.

— Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
Dodgers two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani waddled through the clubhouse after the Dodgers’ 4-3 comeback victory against the Padres on Friday night, the bulging ice wraps around his left knee and right arm creating a penguin-like effect to his gait.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of bulging

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