Used in a Sentence

tornadoes

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tornadoes.

Editorial note

When it comes to predictions like snow storms, hurricanes and tornadoes, you obviously want to favor false-positives.

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Quick take

(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tornadoes gathered in one view.

noun

(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tornadoes.

noun

(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

Example sentences

1

When it comes to predictions like snow storms, hurricanes and tornadoes, you obviously want to favor false-positives.

2

They just need to hold out until there's finally - after a few decades - an uptick in temperatures, hurricanes, or tornadoes.

3

The good news is that at least Tornadoes come with plenty of warning (visible, audible, TV, radio, etc.).

4

Native midwesterners (I grew up in central Illinois, in a nasty tornado alley) take tornadoes seriously.

5

And, of course, there are tornadoes, which they don't have in California.

6

That always seemed like a bad idea to me because we had tornadoes...

7

However, almost everyone had a storm shelter -- typically a cellar dug in the side of a hill (they get a lot of powerful thunderstorms and tornadoes).

8

I doubt hail storms would be a problem, but tornadoes are another story.

9

Even having gone through a 6.5 earthquake, she says that she still prefers earthquakes to tornadoes, although her first few earthquakes scared the bejesus out of her.

10

Living in an area affected by snowstorms and tornadoes I'm prepared to make it a couple of weeks in the event of a natural disaster.

11

That's because tornadoes in Scandinavia are rare.

12

Seeing complex constructed runes, swirling tornadoes out in the distance, living see creatures in the background, all without content or content worth doing makes the game feel vast and empty.

Quote examples

1

You cannot command the contractor to build the structure as both "safe from EF5 tornadoes" and "with lots of windows".

2

(For anyone in the bay area going "we have thunderstorms, sometimes!"… it isn't the same.) I've occasionally wondered if people in the south aren't more religious because the weather (the south has thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes, the bay area has… lots of sun.) isn't literally putting the fear of God in them.

Proper noun examples

1

Tornadoes and hurricanes would be much less of an issue throughout much of the US, at least.

2

Tornadoes are hot human beings, they are weather phenomena.

3

Tornadoes trash a few every now and then.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tornadoes in a sentence?

When it comes to predictions like snow storms, hurricanes and tornadoes, you obviously want to favor false-positives.

What does tornadoes mean?

(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

What part of speech is tornadoes?

tornadoes is commonly used as noun.