billowed

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The smoke rolled and billowed, a curtain of strange texture, now parting, now closing, and when it parted disclosing immemorial Death and Wounds with some attendant martial pageantry.

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  • The piece of fabric billowed, soared from his hands like a living thing, and wrapped itself neatly about the simian vandal, who tumbled into the waiting basket with a muffled howl. —  May, Julian - Boreal Moon 2 - Ironcrown Moon
  • Smoke billowed, and mingled with it was a distinctive odor--a tang of gasoline. —  016 - The King Maker
  • Sparks flew and smoke billowed, setting Bandar's eyes to water and causing him to vent an explosive sneeze. —  The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 2005
  • Flames crackled and smoke billowed, wreathing around him. —  Author Galley
  • Beside a burning sofa from which smoke billowed, Pellerin appeared to be orchestrating the flames, conducting their swift, uncanny progress with clever movements of his fingers, sending trains of fire scooting across the floor, adding to his design. —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2007
 

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