simoom

If you happen to be in Africa and stuck in a “hot, dry, suffocating sand-wind” which sweeps across the deserts at intervals during the spring, you should know that you are in a simoom.

Among these winds are the simoom and sirocco.

It was late in the afternoon when we reached the spot again, and a wind which threatened simoom had covered the heart-shaped footmarks made by our own and other camels, as with a tidal wave.

In the choking breath of the simoom he feels the potentialities of God, and his own helpless impotence.

It was an His simple manners. exceedingly hot day and the simoom was blowing fiercely.