Blasts [noun]

But the withering mildew was now breathed forth, that was intended to blast this goodly harvest.

The sentinel was singing a sequedilla above; and its notes came to them with the wailing blast.

The discharge-valve was then opened for a moment, allowing a blast of steam to escape, reducing the pressure say to one-half.

That counter-blast of passion and that plain speaking from a quarter so unexpected served, in part at least, to sober him.

It was not an ordinary blast, but had a peculiarly musical timbre, very much like the note of a mouth-organ.

When she started for school some mornings, the first blast of keen air off the lake seemed to cut through her like a knife.

All round her the dark water boiled and roared, and the blast shrieked through the cordage with hollow tremors.

About six in the morning the Kirkcaldy coach came speeding past, the coachman making the air ring with a shrill trumpet blast.

He cannot blast rock, or hammer metal, or operate noisy steam drills at all hours of the day and night.

The seas breaking in heavy masses on the pier-head drenched the two men as they bent their heads to resist the roaring blast.