Have the swirling sands engulfed them, on a noon of storm when the desert rose like the sea, and rolled its tawny billows on the walled gardens of the green and fragrant lands?.
a large sea wave rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up nto the sky" move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed
When something made of cloth billows, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind. The curtains billowed in the breeze Her pink dress billowed out around her