moderate gale
a wind of 32–38 miles per hour (14–17 meters per second).
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How to use moderate gale in a sentence
The wind hardened during the dark hours, and was blowing a moderate gale from the south-west at sunrise.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.Her masts and spars, too, were much wounded, and it became a question how she would be able to weather even a moderate gale.
True Blue | W.H.G. KingstonBy ten o'clock the wind had risen to the strength of a more than moderate gale, and the sea in proportion.
The Beautiful White Devil | Guy BoothbyWhen it had moved eastward and the hot sun reappeared, wind followed, a moderate gale.
The Good Neighbors | Edgar PangbornIT was blowing a moderate gale, and the Aurania, steaming at full speed into it, rolled viciously.
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British Dictionary definitions for moderate gale
a gale of force seven on the Beaufort scale, capable of swaying trees
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