WINDINGS in a Sentence

Learn WINDINGS 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 WINDINGS, such as:

1. High winds put great stress on the structure.
2. The polar vortex is a system of wintertime winds.
3. The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.
4. After numberless windings, Dantes saw a door with an iron wicket.
5. Unusually high winds left a trail of destruction over southern Britain.

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 Meanings and Examples of WINDINGS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
wind
 n.  the movement of air outside, esp. when strong enough to be felt
 v.  turn or cause something to turn
winding
 a.  twisting or turning; spiral
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It was in this frame of mind that, striking back from the shore one morning into the windings of an unfamiliar lane, she came suddenly upon the figure of George Dorset.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
2  The road followed the windings of the draw; when she came to the first bend, she waved at me and disappeared.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
3  Soon we could see the broken, grassy clay cliffs which indicated the windings of the stream, and the glittering tops of the cottonwoods and ash trees that grew down in the ravine.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
4  Below us we could see the windings of the river, and Black Hawk, grouped among its trees, and, beyond, the rolling country, swelling gently until it met the sky.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIV
5  The ascent is precipitous, but the path is cut into continual and short windings, which enable you to surmount the perpendicularity of the mountain.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
6  I carefully traced the windings of the land and hailed a steeple which I at length saw issuing from behind a small promontory.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
7  Guided by a slight clue, I followed the windings of the Rhone, but vainly.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
8  After numberless windings, Dantes saw a door with an iron wicket.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
9  The din was on the causeway: a horse was coming; the windings of the lane yet hid it, but it approached.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  Owing to the necessary windings of his course his back was at present towards them.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
11  Bonacieux was acquainted with all the turnings and windings of this part of the Louvre, appropriated for the people of the household.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
12  Here in a desolate cavern Aeolus keeps under royal dominion and yokes in dungeon fetters the struggling winds and loud storms.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
13  Rouse thy winds to fury, and overwhelm their sinking vessels, or drive them asunder and strew ocean with their bodies.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
14  Even with these words, turning his spear, he struck the side of the hollow hill, and the winds, as in banded array, pour where passage is given them, and cover earth with eddying blasts.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
15  Thereupon, so soon as ocean may be trusted, and the winds leave the seas in quiet, and the soft whispering south wind calls seaward, my comrades launch their ships and crowd the shores.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
Example Sentence: (185 in 13 pages)
16  Unusually high winds left a trail of destruction over southern Britain.
17  High winds put great stress on the structure.
18  The polar vortex is a system of wintertime winds.
19  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!
20  The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.
21  The Weather Channel warned viewers about a rising gale, with winds of up to sixty miles per hour.
22  A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow.
23  The trees had long thin supple trunks and round compact crowns to withstand the winds.
24  "Let the stormy winds bluster," cried Jack, "we'll set sail tonight anyway."
25  The almost forgotten story of Benjamin's birth was remembered and sent out upon the winds of scandal in picaresque and incredible forms.
26  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!
27  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.
28  Homes are built of weaker materials, including straw and corrugated steel, and may have had little stamina against Pam's raging winds.
29  Shifting winds on Thursday made it difficult for about 800 firefighters to tackle the 29 sq m (75sq km) blaze, just one of many burning across the parched Midwest of the United States.
30  Tropical storm Leslie arrived around 8:30 a.m. and battered the province for several hours, bringing near-hurricane-force winds, heavy rains and widespread power outages.