How to Use downwind in a Sentence

downwind

adverb or adjective

• Trails downwind from the eruption have been closed for years.
  — Fox News, 30 Sep. 2021
• Radar detected the smoke plume from the blazes over 100 miles downwind well to the east of Denver.
  — Jason Samenow, Jacob Feuerstein, Becky Bolinger, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022
• Cities downwind of Lake Ontario could get over a foot of new snow while rain will be in the forecast along the East Coast.
  — Janice Dean, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2021
• For success, head downwind of a switchgrass field, CRP field, conifers, or a ridge.
  — Outdoor Life, 20 Oct. 2020
• Meanwhile, on the cold side of the storm, lake effect snow with gusty winds will continue downwind of the lakes.
  — NBC News, 19 Nov. 2021
• Areas downwind of the Great Lakes had some of the greatest snowfall deficits due to a lack of lake-effect snow.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• Unlike the layout of The Oaks, where three of the first four holes play downwind, El Monte’s opening hole goes toward the canyon.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 July 2022
• Set decoys in a teardrop shape with the point aimed downwind and a landing hole where the tear begins to narrow.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2023
• Howard Terminal is less than two miles downwind from where the coal would end up.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 27 May 2020
• Think about all those peach pies, key lime pies and pecan pies that point to locales downwind from the Mason-Dixon line.
  — James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 12 July 2018
• Imagine there is a half-dome directly downwind in front of and above you.
  — Cameron Johnson, Popular Mechanics, 24 June 2016
• Rick Cavallaro and John Borton have built a cart that moves 2.86 times the speed of the wind, moving straight downwind.
  — Eric Wolff, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2010
• So the areas downwind from East Palastine may be a cause for concern.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023
• By the time the snow ends, more than 6 inches is likely in some spots, with higher amounts downwind of lakes Erie and Ontario.
  — NBC News, 22 Nov. 2021
• Some of the highest temperatures in the Bay Area are forecast to be downwind of these warm, dry breezes.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2023
• A couple of inches of snow will be possible in the upper Midwest and downwind of some of the Great Lakes.
  — Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
• The team visually spotted flares in the three regions, then flew downwind into the exhaust plumes of the flares.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2022
• That choppy air would reduce the performance of any turbine that was downwind of the first one.
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 28 June 2023
• This has already been observed downwind of the volcano.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 7 June 2023
• The air flow downwind of a turbine may feel to them like the currents on the sheltered sides of cliffs or trees—places where bats gather in nature.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2014
• This should improve air quality downwind from the Camp Creek fire on Mount Hood.
  — oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2023
• A few feet downwind of the animal, use your boot to scrape a fire site 2 feet in diameter free of leaves and sticks.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2017
• Here’s a big mistake that reminds The Watchdog of the old Texas expression that some people don’t have the good sense to spit downwind.
  — Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2022
• Lake effect snow is up and running this weekend again for cities downwind of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
  — Janice Dean, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2021
• Finally, with light fading, the pig circles downwind and gives me a clear view of its shoulder.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 2 Mar. 2021
• Figure out where the feeding and the swinging trails cross, and hang your stand downwind of that intersection.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 11 Sep. 2020
• The children living downwind of Reid-Hillview within half a mile of the airport were found to have blood lead levels nearing those in Flint.
  — David Yanofsky, Quartz, 16 June 2022
• People outside the half-mile radius who live downwind of the fire were advised to keep windows closed and pets inside.
  — Arleigh Rodgers and Rick Callahan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
• Lake effect snow will also impact areas downwind of the Great Lakes.
  — Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
• Usually, slip-bobber rigs are held in reserve until fish are located, with the boat then being kept in place and the bait worked downwind or downstream.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024