But, again, gale-force winds can be very damaging.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2003] Reference

A classic Nor'easter with snow, ice, gale-force winds.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2007] Reference

The overall effect is explosive, a gale-force afterblast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stalking The Radical Middle] Reference

Nyanga, Cape Town, braved driving rain and gale-force winds on.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

In a prolonged recession, gale-force winds of protectionism will blow.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dangers of a Diminished America] Reference

We have now gone 24 straight hours with nonstop gale-force winds, Anderson.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2004] Reference

Suddenly, gale-force winds blow across the landscape, whipping trees around!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Walkthrough of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from Infocom, by Barbara Baser (Laden with "Compuservisms")] Reference

But I am sure flea markets are not up in gale-force winds with slogging rain.    From Wordnik.com.  [wench77 Diary Entry] Reference

Those were zephyrs compared to the gale-force winds that the economy confronts today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Long Odds? Three Scenarios for the Economy's Path] Reference

But the sensation I remember most vividly is my head being jostled by a gale-force wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life In The Fastest Lane] Reference

Power has been knocked out and airports shut by gale-force winds up to 78 miles per hour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harvey Wasserman: Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman: Why Hurricane Ike Demands Paper Ballots on November 4] Reference

About 80 homes were flattened by thunderstorms and gale-force winds on Friday and Sunday.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

But letting the currency float in the gale-force winds of world finance may be even worse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dollars And Discontent] Reference

The South Seas Driller broke her moorings on Wednesday when gale-force winds lashed Cape Town harbour.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

According to AFP, one man was killed and several injured when the gale-force storm lashed the Emirate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kuwait: A Ridiculous Mixture of Hail, Rain, Wind and Dust] Reference

Severe storms tonight swept across Texas, bringing heavy rain and gale-force winds to the Houston area.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2003] Reference

Huerta heard Morning Eagle shout something, the words unintelligible, swept away by the gale-force winds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arctic Fire]

The energy radiating from him was like a jagged piece of sheet metal flapping hard and fast in gale-force winds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suz Redfearn: My Brother Loves Glenn Beck, But I Still Love My Brother] Reference

Malamulele, Vuwani, Sibasa, Praktiseer and Mokerong were severely damaged by gale-force winds on January 8 and 9.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Even with that gale-force growth, wind power accounts for only about 1% of all electricity generated in the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wind Power's Early Adopters Soothe] Reference

Michael Attardi is an American who after gale-force winds rationed food and water, had no contact with U.S. embassy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2005] Reference

The 17-year-old has battled technical problems, gale-force winds, and 50-foot waves to become a world record-breaker.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2009] Reference

But gale-force winds that were constantly shifting direction drove the flames through a rash of villages within hours.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2009] Reference

Wind speeds have eased significantly since earlier in the week when gale-force winds were fanning many of those fires.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2007] Reference

While gale-force winds are nothing new and a few dozen tornadoes do hit Britain every year, rarely has one hit London.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2006] Reference

The market was closed Wednesday after a severe tropical storm brought gale-force winds and heavy rains to the territory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Financials, Rate Fears Nip Stocks] Reference

SA Agulhas was negotiating in heavy fog and gale-force winds through sheets of floating pack ice when it hit the iceberg.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

A tube of vacuum, with the power of a gale-force wind, like the spout of a tornado, picked me up and yanked me toward him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orphans of Chaos] Reference

It's also famous for its gale-force winds, which sometimes blow hard enough to close lifts at the top of Mammoth Mountain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mammoth Lakes] Reference

Are they working on an amazing new aircraft that will be able to tackle these gale-force winds and still get to the fires?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2007] Reference

The squatters were left homeless by a fire which, fanned by gale-force south-easterly winds, destroyed 500 to 600 shacks on.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

New Orleans could see gale-force winds from the hurricane, that city bracing for new flooding, and a five foot storm surge.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2005] Reference

Persecution fantasy is Fox News's lifeblood; give it the faintest whiff of the real thing and look out for a gale-force hissy fit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thomas Frank: Obama Is Right About Fox News] Reference

Persecution fantasy is Fox News\'s lifeblood; give it the faintest whiff of the real thing and look out for a gale-force hissy fit. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Thomas Frank: Obama Is Right About Fox News] Reference

As blogger Joe Cannon notes, "Clinton fought to get the best deal that he could, but gale-force political winds were against him." by.    From Wordnik.com.  [History Lesson: And These Are the People We Expect to Fix Things Now?] Reference

A gale-force wind suddenly began to blow from the opposite direction, stopping his progress cold and rocking Happenstance like a toy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Message in a Bottle]

His leadership style is the stuff of cinema, replete with red berets, - camouflage-clad citizen militias, and gale-force stump speeches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lights! Camera! Revolución!] Reference

ARMSDEN: And the dedication of the fans will be tested even further on Saturday with gale-force winds and torrential rain in the forecast.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2008] Reference