Example sentences for: hurricane

How can you use “hurricane” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Los Angeles Times leads with the destruction wrought in Acapulco by a hurricane, and the New York Times goes with Germany's interest rate increase.

  • (In September 1996, when Hurricane Fran upended Durham, N.C., the local Herald-Sun agreed to distribute a FEMA advice booklet, only to discover--according to the paper's editor--that the booklet was held up for five crucial days so that it could be reworked to feature pictures of, and messages from, the president and Democratic Gov.

  • A gruesome refiguring of the Central American toll for Hurricane Mitch--now revised to be upwards of 7,000 deaths--leads at USA Today , the Los Angeles Times , and the New York Times . The Washington Post leads with the news that the Washington D.C. financial control board will re-delegate most of the local government's executive powers--stripped from Marion Barry--back to the new mayor chosen today.

  • Snake Eyes takes place more or less in real time, and in one giant megastructure: The arena is attached to a hotel and casino, and outside rages a hurricane (Jezebel) that keeps the cast of characters indoors.

  • Hope the hurricane hasn't ruined the shopping down there!


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