WINDING in a Sentence

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395 example sentences for WINDING, such as:

1. To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
2. High winds put great stress on the structure.
3. The polar vortex is a system of wintertime winds.
4. Still there was no sign of Gerald on the quiet winding road.
5. The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.

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 Meanings and Examples of WINDING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
winding
 a.  twisting or turning; spiral
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Her eyes followed the winding road, blood-red now after the morning rain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  Still there was no sign of Gerald on the quiet winding road.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  Opposite the winding stair stood a walnut sideboard, too large for use in the dining room, bearing on its wide top several lamps and a long row of candles in candlesticks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  The night before had been wild and wet with rain, but when Scarlett arrived in Atlanta a warm sun was at work, bravely attempting to dry the streets that were winding rivers of red mud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  She unlocked the door and went down the dim winding stair with a light heart.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
6  For an hour she had watched Rhett hold the yarn Melanie was winding for knitting, had noted the blank inscrutable expression when Melanie talked at length and with pride of Ashley and his promotion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  Every chair in the house was occupied, and even the long winding stair was packed with guests.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  It was still theirs, that slender iron line winding through the sunny valley toward Atlanta.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  They had evidently spent the night under the trees in someone's front yard, for a sand and gravel driveway stretched out before her, winding away under an avenue of cedars.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  Scarlett picked up the flaring candle and the three walked slowly into the dark hall and up the winding steps toward Gerald's room.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
11  She had found one man in the prairie village who did not appreciate her picture of winding streets and arcades, but she had assembled the town council and dramatically defeated him.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
12  He was too shocked to go on with his duties of locking the front door and winding his watch and the clock.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  Nothing but two dismal tallow candles, each in a winding sheet.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
14  But by her still halting course and winding, woeful way, you plainly saw that this ship that so wept with spray, still remained without comfort.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.
15  This slope was trampled hard and bare, and washed out in winding gullies by the rain.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
Example Sentence: (185 in 13 pages)
16  It had been a night of stormy weather, with torrential rain and high winds.
17  To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
18  Unusually high winds left a trail of destruction over southern Britain.
19  High winds put great stress on the structure.
20  The polar vortex is a system of wintertime winds.
21  When mists as chill as death wandered to the impulse of east winds along those purple peaks, and rolled down "ing" and holm till they blended with the frozen fog of the beck!
22  The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.
23  The Weather Channel warned viewers about a rising gale, with winds of up to sixty miles per hour.
24  A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow.
25  The trees had long thin supple trunks and round compact crowns to withstand the winds.
26  "Let the stormy winds bluster," cried Jack, "we'll set sail tonight anyway."
27  The almost forgotten story of Benjamin's birth was remembered and sent out upon the winds of scandal in picaresque and incredible forms.
28  When mists as chill as death wandered to the impulse of east winds along those purple peaks, and rolled down till they blended with the frozen fog of the beck!
29  One of the most destructive gusts in the northeastern Atlantic bore down on Ireland, unleashing strong winds and rain that killed at least three people.
30  Homes are built of weaker materials, including straw and corrugated steel, and may have had little stamina against Pam's raging winds.