Home
Idioms
Top 1000 Words
Top 5000 Words


Example sentences for "east wind"

  • Whether the lawn below were a field of bright dew, or dry and darkish in a shiver of east wind, her eyes never grew dim all day; and her blood felt as light as ostrich feathers.

  • The window, wide open, admitted an east wind; there was no fire.

  • Beautiful always--London at night, even in January, even in an east wind, with a beauty he never tired of.

  • We advanced in all about eight hours, braced by a pleasant north-east wind.

  • The same north-east wind as yesterday blows with remorseless strength.

  • The weather continues heavy, with a south-east wind.

  • A strong, bleak, north-east wind ushers in the New Year.

  • We now recovered the south-east wind, and favoured by it, took the shortest way to O Tahaiti.

  • Below the Equator, we met with a fresh south-east wind, and having also fine weather, we soon reached the coast of Brazil.

  • We continued our course with a moderate north-east wind, and remarked a strong current to the north.

  • Then he drew the cover loosely over the hole, and said to East Wind, "Sometimes blow hard, sometimes lightly.

  • Andrews] EAST WIND AND NORTH WIND Tlingit A high-caste man married first the daughter of East Wind.

  • Then people said to the daughter of East Wind, "There is a pretty woman here.

  • I can feel with her, poor thing, if she lives on snails like the thrushes, and can't catch them in an east wind.

  • That's the only way I can tell an east wind: the snails go in, and Aunt Charlotte gets put out.

  • He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven; and by His power He brought in the south wind.

  • They were merely assisted in the business on which they were engaged, namely, their migration or customary travel from south to north, and waiting on the opposite side of the narrow sea for a south-east wind.

  • The Psalmist mentions that the Lord "caused an east wind to blow in the heaven, and by His power He brought in the south wind.

  • The player sitting opposite East Wind will be known as West Wind, to the right of East Wind as South Wind, and the left of East Wind, as North Wind.

  • Position of the players for the first game is determined by a throw of the dice; all players throw once, the one throwing the highest number becoming first East Wind.

  • On November 20, a strong north-east wind blew, with falling snow.

  • The commencement of the retreat was appointed for eight o'clock on the night of the 29th; but a strong north-east wind and a rapid tide, caused a delay of several hours.

  • They pursued their voyage for two days, under the favor of a north-east wind, when they discovered land for the third time.

  • The birds were now in desperate case: it appeared as if they had given up searching for food in despair, and were now idly waiting for a change or for the end, hunched up in any shelter they could find from the deadly north-east wind.

  • When the sun is in the southern hemisphere a north-east wind, and when it is in the northern hemisphere, a south-west wind blows over this sea.

  • When we were all embarked to proceed further on, a violent north-east wind overtook us, and drove us to the extremity of Santiago, whence we saw a large island to the south-east that trended westward.

  • A very strong north-east wind, lasting until November 4th, drove them to the south-east in latitude 26 deg.

  • Fortunately, a cold dry south-east wind set in, which very much assisted us in the operation of drying.

  • The prevailing breeze was from the east, veering towards evening to the north-east; during the morning a cold south-east wind.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "east wind" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    active power; artificial selection; east angle; east corner; east course; east half; east monsoon; east side; east trades; east transept; east window; east winds; easterly direction; eastern corner; eastern counties; eastern extremity; eastern part; eastern parts; eastern side; eyes closed; fuss about; loud tone; much lesse; orange peel; public moneys; seems proper