How to Use hurricane in a Sentence

hurricane

1 of 2 noun
Definition of hurricanenext
Synonyms for hurricanenext
  • Ocean heat is off the charts, so where are the hurricanes?
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
  • But the lengthening hurricane season, the floods, and the droughts?
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner on Sept. 10.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Just how bad will the 2023 hurricane season be in the Atlantic?
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 13 Apr. 2023
  • That’s a measure based on how long a storm says at the range of hurricane strength categories.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The hurricane watch was from north of Surf City to Ocracoke Inlet.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The Atlantic hurricane season began June 1 and ands on Nov. 30.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 14 July 2023
  • If a hurricane hits Gulf refineries, supply could be curtailed and gas prices would rise not just in the U.S. but across the world, Kloza said.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • There’s no hurricane, there’s no cyclone, there’s no 100-year flood.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The Israel-Gaza war, the Titan submersible and three hurricanes were the top trending news searches.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Ocean heat sets the stage for more ferocious hurricanes.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Here's what to expect: Bret is forecast to become the first hurricane of the season on Thursday.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 June 2023
  • The Garden of the Groves, a botanical garden that was ravaged by the hurricane, is back to looking like its lush old self.
    — Matthew Monagan, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Sloshing molten iron in Earth’s core, melting ice, ocean currents, and even hurricanes can all cause the poles to wander.
    — Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 16 June 2023
  • The cylindrical eye wall of the hurricane must also remain straight up and down, not tilted.
    — Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
  • The warm waters also serve as a super fuel for hurricanes that form in the Atlantic basin.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2023
  • This is is kind of what FEMA does in the aftermath of a tornado or hurricane.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Of those storms, as few as five and as many as nine are expected to mature into hurricanes.
    — Dan Carson, Chron, 1 June 2023
  • The storm should dissipate by early next week, the hurricane center said.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
  • The first half of October is typically the final stretch of the busiest time of the Atlantic hurricane season.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
  • From a climate standpoint, there couldn’t be a safer place in the country—no hurricanes, no sea-level rise, not much risk of wildfires.
    — Abrahm Lustgarten, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Typhoon Mawar pelted Guam with heavy rain and the strength of a Category 4 hurricane over about two days.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 May 2023
  • To speak with Mendoza is to stumble into the eye of an emissions-research hurricane.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Warm water has turned beaches into baths and raised the prospect of a volatile Atlantic hurricane season.
    — Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • It was built to withstand hurricanes, and the glass and landscaping are turtle-friendly.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
  • For this storm, part of Maine was briefly under a hurricane watch for the first time since 2008, for Hurricane Kyle, which skirted eastern Maine.
    — David Sharp, ajc, 16 Sep. 2023
  • For now, Hurricane Bob in 1991, will remain the last hurricane to hit New England.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The alert was accompanied by a loud alarm that is used for Amber Alerts or hurricane warnings.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The hurricane center’s long-range outlook shows the system headed in the direction of the Caribbean next week.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 1 Sep. 2023
  • This could mean that the many influential leaders and economists who long predicted storm clouds and a hurricane hitting the US economy may finally be right.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
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hurricane

2 of 2 adjective
  • The year began with a devastating winter freeze in Texas, which led to the state’s largest non-hurricane weather loss event.
    — Kathy Orton, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Henri had 70 mph winds on Wednesday, which is nearly hurricane force.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The Surfside emergency has received the state’s largest disaster response for any non-hurricane event.
    — Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 1 July 2021
  • Cava praised Surfside's recovery team for assembling the largest non-hurricane response in the state's history.
    — Emmett Jones, Fox News, 11 July 2021
  • According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, 83% of single mothers could not return to their homes two years post-hurricane.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Post-hurricane refining outages can last weeks or months, as Houston saw after Hurricane Harvey four years ago.
    — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The effort, state leaders said, represented the largest non-hurricane search-and-rescue mission in Florida history.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • For shipbuilders, post-hurricane federal largesse is enormous.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The ongoing operation in Surfside is the largest-ever deployment of task force resources in Florida's history for a non-hurricane event.
    — Morgan Winsor, Rosa Sanchez, ABC News, 1 July 2021
  • The identification of a final victim marks the conclusion to one step of a rescue-and-recovery process that was the largest non-hurricane disaster response in Florida’s history.
    — Washington Post, 27 July 2021
  • This classic upscale resort with its long dock and sportfishing vibe has emerged from a post-hurricane upgrade with a third swimming pool, second tiki bar, and 10 new casita-style villas complete with butler service.
    — Tracey Minkin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Bay County’s recovery has been tedious and grueling, even by normal standards of post-hurricane rebuilding.
    — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 4 June 2020
  • The post-hurricane ecosystem was overwhelming, hostile and disheartening.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Whereas post-hurricane cleanups are mandated for public lands – and government funding is allocated to pay for them – private landowners have little incentive to haul away debris.
    — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Federal and state emergency responders say spill inspections and cleanup will likely be delayed as all resources are focused on search and rescue operations and other critical post-hurricane needs.
    — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • AccuWeather’s pre-hurricane season forecast called for 16-20 named tropical systems.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2022
  • Washington’s approach to post-hurricane recovery may well be incentivizing bad behaviors.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The year began with a devastating winter freeze in Texas, which led to the state’s largest non-hurricane weather loss event.
    — Kathy Orton, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Henri had 70 mph winds on Wednesday, which is nearly hurricane force.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The Surfside emergency has received the state’s largest disaster response for any non-hurricane event.
    — Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 1 July 2021
  • Cava praised Surfside's recovery team for assembling the largest non-hurricane response in the state's history.
    — Emmett Jones, Fox News, 11 July 2021
  • According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, 83% of single mothers could not return to their homes two years post-hurricane.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Post-hurricane refining outages can last weeks or months, as Houston saw after Hurricane Harvey four years ago.
    — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The effort, state leaders said, represented the largest non-hurricane search-and-rescue mission in Florida history.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • For shipbuilders, post-hurricane federal largesse is enormous.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The ongoing operation in Surfside is the largest-ever deployment of task force resources in Florida's history for a non-hurricane event.
    — Morgan Winsor, Rosa Sanchez, ABC News, 1 July 2021
  • The identification of a final victim marks the conclusion to one step of a rescue-and-recovery process that was the largest non-hurricane disaster response in Florida’s history.
    — Washington Post, 27 July 2021
  • This classic upscale resort with its long dock and sportfishing vibe has emerged from a post-hurricane upgrade with a third swimming pool, second tiki bar, and 10 new casita-style villas complete with butler service.
    — Tracey Minkin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Bay County’s recovery has been tedious and grueling, even by normal standards of post-hurricane rebuilding.
    — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 4 June 2020
  • The post-hurricane ecosystem was overwhelming, hostile and disheartening.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2022

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