How to Use wind in a Sentence

wind

1 of 2 noun

• Light winds come from the southwest around 5 to 10 mph.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
• Idalia has put the rugged place in the spotlight and battered the shore with rain bands and heavy winds.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
• They’re caused by the wind, which is different from waves in the ocean.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
• Along with snow, winds between 50 and 60 mph are forecast to whip the area.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• Hail and high winds are likely in the areas under the watch.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024
• But by October, the leaves have turned and fallen in the light wind.
  — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
• Some artists have gusts of wind at their back which might speed their path to arenas.
  — Elias Leight, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2024
• There could be a few patches of fog before the front kicks up winds out of the northwest.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• In nature, this happens when rain, wind, or waves work away at the rocks.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2023
• There will be lots of sunshine and a southeast wind throughout the day.
  — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
• Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2024
• Tomorrow is still on the cool side, but without the wind.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• Her hair was left down blowing in the wind, and her glowy skin was kept makeup free.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 11 July 2023
• Otherwise light winds from the south keep the warm air in place with lows in the 60s feeling a bit muggy.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
• The day was flinty cold, the wind biting, and Anton was bundled in his snowsuit.
  — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2024
• The world added record amounts of solar and wind power in 2023, and that growth is poised to continue.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Southwest winds increasing to 11-14 mph in the evening.
  — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2023
• The main threats tonight are for damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
• The winds will be light all weekend, eliminating the chance of swirling sand.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
• The buildings provide protection from cold winds, and the awnings keep them dry from rain.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
• The project alone can push the US’s offshore wind capacity to around 850MW.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2024
• Much colder air surges back into the area with lows in the mid- to upper teens and wind chills in the single digits.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
• Then, in the waterfront wind and chill, would come the tedium of waiting for the concrete to set.
  — William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
• Damaging wind gusts and large hail will likely join the storms across the central Plains.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
• The two decide to throw caution to the wind and get married on a whim, leading to a whirlwind of emotions.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
  — Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 4 May 2024
• By comparison, the flat surfaces of pavements and roads allows the wind to blow the snow away.
  — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
• Some areas south and west of the Kansas City area could see gusty winds and hail Thursday morning.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
• Following a trip to Chicago, the city's harsh, chilly winds have already dried out my skin quite a bit.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2023
• In a corporate world where caution can be king, the UFC, which is owned by Endeavor, throws it to the wind.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2023

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wind

2 of 2 verb

• Just hook the cord through the loops, and tightly wind it around the backpack a few times.
  — Saryn Chorney, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2023
• Shop the local market and then wind things down by the fire pit.
  — Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2023
• Ten full turns on the wrist will wind the watch to about three full days of power reserve.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
• The front shield does a decent job of keeping snow and wind out of your child’s face, too.
  — Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 26 Feb. 2024
• Tighten the tension knobs on the line spooler to tightly wind the line onto the spool.
  — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• The 7-mile White River Trail winds through the park along the west side of the river, with views of downtown on one side and the zoo on the other.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 13 July 2023
• Then head to Gold Bluffs Beach for a picnic or wind your way back over the steep access road to enjoy the rest of the park.
  — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
• But a good number of those projects are stalled as the legal process winds its way through courtrooms and reams of briefs.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• Then the clock winds back to Day 1 as Sam walks down the streets of Manhattan holding a pretty white cat.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
• Savage Park backs up to the river, where trails wind beside the water.
  — Jillian Atelsek, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• On the other side of the globe last week, winding Hong Kong streets became surging rapids.
  — Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• And reviewers have even placed the palm tree outside, saying that it’s held up well to wind and rain.
  — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2024
• And its moisture-wicking fabric feels crispy enough to wind you down at night.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
• To find them, Alexa and Michelle wind their way through a series of rooms with hundreds of cabinets and shelves.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
• All the streets wind with hairpin turns up into the lush hills, splitting into side streets.
  — Wudan Yan, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
• The 1861 home had been a rooming house, its rooms divided around a winding stair.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Oct. 2023
• The paucity of options led to winding lines at the few existing stands.
  — The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
• Even those who lose in court can stay for years while their cases wind through a backlogged system.
  — Elliot Spagat, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
• Departing nightly, the train takes about 12 hours to wind its way north to the city of Rovaniemi, the heart of Finnish Lapland.
  — Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2023
• Second, the shape of the dome channels wind around it, depriving that wind of a flat surface to exert force on.
  — Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
• Who, in that summer of suffering, was going to send a woman with a gaping head wound back to camp in the rough?
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
• Golfers watched as the vehicles winded their way toward the exit and onto the main road.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Strong westerly winds about a mile high over top the mountains where the clouds ascended.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
• The shortfall would shut down the telescope and leave the project adrift, without enough to even wind it down properly, astronomers say.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
• As the case wound its way through the courts, Arambula lost his race for re-election in 2020, pulling in the least amount of votes among four candidates.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
• The road might wind confusingly ahead of us before things start to straighten out.
  — Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
• It’s been a long, winding road to get to this point, and the nature of the headset has shifted through numerous rumors, both true and false.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024
• There may be more losses to come as Regal winds its way through the bankruptcy process and AMC wrestles with its debt.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
• The trick play sent Detroit from second-and-17 to third-and-3, allowing the Lions to set up an easy fourth-down conversion and wind out the clock.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
• More big stories New snow is headed to Sierra Nevada as rain gives way to wind in Southland.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024