1.   As he rounded the tip of Cape Horn, a storm blew up from the west.

2.   Between the moon and my see-through roof a purple storm was blowing the dust of some previous war into the waste spaces.

3.   Governments were paralysed, hoping the storm would blow itself out without affecting their friends and families and favourite projects.

4.   On both of the previous occasions, the area was evacuated and isolated until the storm blew itself apart.

5.   She could do nothing but batten down the conversational hatches and wait until the storm blew itself out.

6.   That night, a storm blew up.

7.   The morning of the third day, they woke up and saw the storm had blown itself out.

8.   The President is just hoping that the storm will blow over quickly.

9.   The storm finally blew itself out.