rain-squalls

The air was sticky and humid, and the rain-squalls were unrefreshing.

Chapter 46 2010

Wind, prevailing on the Italian coast, would drive the unlucky vessel hither and yon; and, what was more dangerous than all the rain-squalls, a pall of such black density blotted out the light that the helmsman could not even see as far forward as the bow.

Satyricon 2007

I remember the heat, the deluge of rain-squalls that kept us baling for dear life (but filled our water-cask), and I remember sixteen hours on end with a mouth dry as a cinder and a steering-oar over the stern to keep my first command head on to a breaking sea.

Youth, by Joseph Conrad 2004

Here, as a rule, one encounters violent rain-squalls; to sailing ships in general and ourselves in particular this heavy rain is welcome, as water-tanks can be filled up.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

Or he sat on the pier and gazed at the vessel lying straining at her anchor, while quick rain-squalls swept up and blotted out the Bay.

Australia Felix 2003

Then, once it was safely past, both the SUFFOLK and the NORFOLK moved into shadowing positions astern, and there they grimly hung on all through that long, vile Arctic night of snow-storms, rain-squalls and scudding mist, occasionally losing contact but always regaining it in what was to become a text-book classic in the extremely difficult task of shadowing an enemy craft at night.

The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985

Even as she emerged from the rain-squalls the SCHARNHORST'S big signalling lamp was stuttering out the command to 'Heave-to'.

The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985

And when, in latitude 63" 40 'North, 11" 29' West, at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday, 23 November, they saw the lean sleek shape of the SCHARNHORST looming through the ice-cold rain-squalls of the bleak sub-Arctic waters, they knew that this was indeed the end, but they accepted that also.

The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985

A bitter night, a bad night, but Marschall welcomed it, for over and above all the cards he held in his hand, the darkness of the long northern winter nights, the forecasted bad weather and visibility reducing rain-squalls and fog were further powerful allies, that made for safety.

The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985

Sicily, but the next, the North Wind, prevailing on the Italian coast, would drive the unlucky vessel hither and yon; and, what was more dangerous than all the rain-squalls, a pall of such black density blotted out the light that the helmsman could not even see as far forward as the bow.

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