mistral (noun)

1. During the cold winter, the mistral wind was believed by some locals to be a divine force, a sign of the gods passing through the land.

2. In the movie set in the French countryside, the protagonist stood against the biting mistral wind to convey the harshness of the winter season.

3. Why did the Frenchman carry a kite during the mistral season? Because he wanted to go along with the wind and drift away!

4. In the futuristic novel, the mistral wind became a weapon of mass destruction, capable of wiping out entire cities within seconds.