WIND in a Sentence
Learn WIND from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
395 example sentences for WIND, such as:
1. A tall tree catches the wind.
2. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
3. As the wind blows, you must set your sail.
4. It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
5. An icy wind blew hard across the open spaces.
2. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
3. As the wind blows, you must set your sail.
4. It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
5. An icy wind blew hard across the open spaces.
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Meanings and Examples of WIND
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wind
v. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
v. form into a wreath
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Thin as a rail and delicate enough for the wind to blow away and no spirit at all.
2 But the South was aflame with war, events roared along as swiftly as if carried by a mighty wind and the slow tempo of the old days was gone.
3 The door clicked open and a gust of cold wind swept the house, fluttering the curtains.
4 Warm clothing, when it was obtainable at all, had risen to such prohibitive prices that Atlanta ladies were lining their old dresses with rags and reinforcing them with newspapers to keep out the wind.
5 The small cloud on the horizon had blown up swiftly into a large, sullen storm cloud and it was as though a faint, chilling wind blew from it.
6 No far-off cattle lowed, no birds sang, no wind waved the trees.
7 All the courtesy, all the gentleness Ellen had striven to instill in her had fallen away from her as quickly as leaves fall from trees in the first chill wind of autumn.
8 She rounded a thicket of pomegranate trees which were shaking bare limbs in the cold wind and saw him leaning on his axe, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand.
9 He stopped and smiled faintly, shivering a little as the cold wind went through his thin shirt.
10 The wintry wind swept her damp ankles and she shivered again but her shiver was less from the wind than from the dread his words evoked in her heart.
11 He was not fearing the things she feared, not the gnawing of an empty stomach, nor the keenness of the winter wind nor eviction from Tara.
12 A cold wind was blowing stiffly and the scudding clouds overhead were the deep gray of slate when Scarlett and Mammy stepped from the train in Atlanta the next afternoon.
13 The sun shone intermittently the next morning and the hard wind that drove dark clouds swiftly across its face rattled the windowpanes and moaned faintly about the house.
14 The sun dipped in and out from behind hurrying clouds, lighting the street with a false brightness which had no warmth in it, and the wind fluttered the lace of her pantalets.
15 She picked her way precariously across the stepping stones of the muddy street and walked forward until a sentry, his blue overcoat buttoned high against the wind, stopped her.
Example Sentence: (185 in 13 pages)
1 The President is about to wind up his visit to Somalia.
2 An icy wind blew hard across the open spaces.
3 The ship forged ahead under a favourable wind.
4 Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
5 It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
6 The force of the wind had brought down a great many trees in the area.
7 Her hair whipped around her face in the wind.
8 It is as well to know which way the wind blows.
9 As the wind blows, you must set your sail.
10 A mere fraction of available wind energy is currently utilized.
11 The wind is too with the pain you give is blown away.
12 The wind such as flower of time, and you become the most beautiful ornament.
13 The fire spread very rapidly because of the strong wind.
14 The wind blew through gaps at the top and bottom of the door.
15 A tall tree catches the wind.