foul weather

collocation in English

meaningsoffoulandweather

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foul
adjective
uk
/faʊl/us
/faʊl/
extremely ...
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weather
noun[U]
uk
/ˈweð.ər/us
/ˈweð.ɚ/
the conditions in the air above the earth such as wind, rain, or temperature, especially at a particular time over a ...
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(Definition offoulandweatherfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffoul weather

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These people even look forward to thefoulweather, which may bring their target in sight of land.
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What scientific progress is being made to overcome thefoulweatherpest?
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In the past few days we have had some fairlyfoulweather.
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These included a mixture of arctic, temperate and specialfoulweathergarments.
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It was an incredible achievement and experience for those women, who often suffered fromfoulweather.
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It is not too bad a story in veryfoulweather.
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They have to leave their homes, often infoulweatherand often to travel some distance, to cast their votes at the appointed time and place.
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But as soon as the ship gets intofoulweather, and as soon as it gets into the surging currents of troubled waters, something is going to happen.
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How true that was, because those of us who fought in that campaign and experienced that kind of weather will know that it was nearly alwaysfoulweather.
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Why was the master kept a fortnight in fair weather, and then ordered to sea infoulweatherwhich resulted in his injuries and death?
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Too often the workers' loyalty to the land and their diligence in long hours andfoulweathergo unrecognised.
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He said this ship is moored between two continents and has the added disadvantage of suffering thefoulweatherof both.
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It is because we are in a time offoulweatherthat we have to adopt every possible method of improving the situation.
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The harbour is dependent upon its being possible for ships to enter at high tide and at low tide and in fair weather and infoulweather.
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The other four were lost in deck accidents, or crashed because offoulweather.
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During the passage, the ship ran intofoulweatheron the 21st.
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A fourth vessel was also damaged, but escaped due to thefoulweather.
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Foulweatherpushed the ship onto the reef, pounding her on the rocks.
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