Simoom

Why, if we'd waited till to-morrow we might have met a _real_ wind, perhaps even Khamsin, alias Simoom, the terror of the desert.

It Happened in Egypt 1889

Strindberg, according to his own statements to Hansson, wrote the powerful one-act play "Simoom," and made Gustav in "Creditors" actually CALL FORTH the latent epileptic tendencies in Adolph.

Plays by August Strindberg: Creditors. Pariah. August Strindberg 1880

Strindberg, according to his own statements to Hansson, wrote the powerful one-act play "Simoom," and made _Gustav_ in "Creditors" actually _call forth_ the latent epileptic tendencies in _Adolph_.

Plays by August Strindberg, Second series August Strindberg 1880

– A steamboat came in this morning, and Captain Fraser immediately sent off a boat to the "Simoom" (which had not left, as she threatened, on Friday) to ascertain the news.

Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol 1856

– Captain Tatham, of the "Simoom," took me ashore in his boat.

Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol 1856

The temptations which this dangerous scene must have offered an excited and desperate spirit, came on Mowbray like the blight of the Simoom, and he stood a moment to gather breath and overcome these horrible anticipations, ere he was able to proceed.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

A sudden gust of Simoom filling my throat with sand.

Leopold Sedar Senghor greenintegerblog 2008

I could not help following him in imagination through crowds of pleasant faces, and then coming back to that dull place with its bough of mistletoe sickening in the gas, and sprigs of holly parched up already by a Simoom of roast and boiled.

Master Humphrey's Clock 2007

I could not help following him in imagination through crowds of pleasant faces, and then coming back to that dull place with its bough of mistletoe sickening in the gas, and sprigs of holly parched up already by a Simoom of roast and boiled.

Master Humphrey's Clock 2007

Joseph, an Arab from Oman, says that the Simoom is worse in Sham

The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874