She unfurled her wings and slid sideways until she caught an updraft from the plain below. From Wordnik.com. [Sovereigns of the Sky] Reference
Then he corrected and caught a substantial updraft. From Wordnik.com. [The Miko]
Give her a lift, just a little updraft from the heat. From Wordnik.com. [Manner of Death]
They glided from updraft to up-draft, making good time. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
A familiar updraft enabled Tyve to soar a little higher. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Wilds]
I mean, we just know the vertical updraft, is that correct?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2009] Reference
I mean, we -- we just know the vertical updraft; is that correct?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2009] Reference
COOPER: Can you control a plane through 100-mile-an-hour updraft?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2009] Reference
COOPER: Can you control a plane through a 100-mile-an-hour updraft?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2009] Reference
A warm updraft brought disgusting odours; we fled towards the door. From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
But that had lightened, as the spark does in the updraft of the fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Bull From The Sea]
An updraft from the seething fluid scoured the mist from the air above. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
A number of factors have supplied it with the necessary mythic updraft. From Wordnik.com. [We Are Blind to Her Charms] Reference
That updraft goes all the way up, all the way 40-45,000 feet in the sky. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2008] Reference
Joe had found a strong updraft where a wind ran up the side of a mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenary] Reference
Some reeves grabbed an updraft, while others stooped to get out of the way. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
Now, seeing her catch the airstream, he rose higher as Scar caught an updraft. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
Vertical wind shear causes the updraft in the storm to rotate and form a funnel. From Wordnik.com. [AP Environmental Science Chapter 4- The Atmosphere] Reference
It gets to have all the humidity, it gets all of the in-flow, all of the updraft. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2008] Reference
That will cause our updraft winds up the canyons and the (INAUDIBLE) across here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2007] Reference
It stayed there for a moment, then lifted into the air as if caught in an updraft. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
The bird rose with an angry squawk, found an updraft, and kept rising out of sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning City]
Tiny sparks whirled aloft on an updraft of heat, floating on bits of blackened leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
As he came in, two eagles rose on a coastal updraft and circled to fall in behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
The dancing echoes this airy softness; it falls somewhere between collapse and updraft. From Wordnik.com. [Shen Wei Dance Arts, mastering the flow of time] Reference
Suddenly, the silver bubble of Mylar before them swooped upward as if it had hit an updraft. From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
Hailstones can grow very large in size when they are carried upward by more than one updraft. From Wordnik.com. [Precipitation and fog] Reference
Some severe thunderstorms develop a strong vertical updraft, commonly known as a mesocyclone. From Wordnik.com. [Thunderstorm] Reference
So, as he tried to fly around the one big cell, he may have been caught in the updraft of another system. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2009] Reference
In the direction of Mount Overlook he could see cumulus clouds and the dark turbulence which meant strong updraft. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenary] Reference
ALAMARO: It's expected the vertical jet would create plumes and updraft and thunderstorm and hopefully a tropical storm. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2005] Reference
And no patch of blue sky ever looked so good as that sky above the mountain, swept clean of the rain curtain by the updraft. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
I hit a sixty mile an hour updraft this side of the mountain, skidded downhill through about half a mile of snow and fetched up in a drift. From Wordnik.com. [Accidental Death] Reference
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