Daughter of Pandion, lovely Swallow that veers at my window, Hast thou a message from Cyprus Telling of Phaon?
The wind is said to enlarge when it veers from the side towards the stern.
The wind veers round the compass, and lasts a very short time.
The wind heads us, that is, veers towards the direction of the ship's course.
Very slowly the insect veers round from right to left, then from left to right.
The vanquished Cricket scuttles off as fast as he can; the victor insults him by a couple of triumphant and boastful chirps; then, moderating his tone, he tacks and veers about the desired one.
The insect veers round perpetually, rests, and resumes her work.
The sorrowing Patron to the wind gives way, He veershis barque before the cruel gale, And scowers the foaming sea with humble sail.
This is completely in a westerly direction about 3 inches from the center of impact, which then veers to the northwest to the top of the windshield.
The next crack from the central point of impact extends down about 3 inches, to the southeast, and then veers to a sharp southeast to the bottom of the windshield.
Here the course veersaway to the northeast in almost a straight line to Prittstown, either paralleling or coinciding with the line between Bullskin and Upper Tyrone for the last mile or so.
On the west side of the river the road veers away to the southwest, and a few rods from the fording enters some woods, in which the scar is well marked.
After crossing Sewickley Creek[70] the road veers away northwest, showing a slight depression a little farther on, south of David Beck's house.
Defn: To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, windveers to the west or north.
Where the windVeers oft, as oft [a ship] so steers, and shifts her sail.
Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.
It veers to the plain, Drinks up the water of love.
At last Britannia's vanguard, near the strand, Veers on her foe to make one vigorous stand.
For here impetuous Powell wheels and veers His royal guards, his British grenadiers; His Highland broadswords cut their wasting course, His horse-artillery whirls its furious force.
As he rushes past the Albatross, he sees the pilot sink forward in his seat; the machine veers wildly, begins to dive, to spin.
At this point A dives on the Boche to about two hundred and fifty yards, shoots a short burst, and veers off.
About the time that the lightning becomes noticeable and the thunder is heard the wind drops suddenly, veers into the west, and the face of things darkens with the onrush of the tempest.
Now, the wind veers a little, and the high cliffs somewhat break its force, and the men feel less the power of the gale; but still the wind is almost directly ahead, and the ebb tide is running against them with great strength.
And just when you are beginning to feel its monotony, the prow of the vessel veers to the left, seems to be sensitively searching for some unseen opening in the rugged coast.
The sensitive prow of the ship veers again, this time to the southeast, where the ash-gray precipices surely hold the sea forever in check.
His tongue, like the point of a weathercock, veers round to face the sentiment or fact from whatever quarter it may come.
It seems to be fixed on a pivot, and from whichever point of the compass the wind blows in the talking world he veers round to that quarter.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "veers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
