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How to use wind in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Wind means real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. Example: “The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.”

Examples of wind by meaning

nounReal or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

  • The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
  • As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
  • The winds in Chicago are fierce.

nounAir artificially put in motion by any force or action.

  • the wind of a cannon ball
  • the wind of a bellows

nounThe ability to breathe easily.

  • After the second lap he was already out of wind.
  • The fall knocked the wind out of him.

nounNews of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.

  • to catch wind of something
  • Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
  • Police got wind of the lottery, tried to track it down.1953 August 6, Jet, volume 4, Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, page 22

nounA tendency or trend.

  • the wind of change
  • But many of those issues failed to draw Spanish voters, or even scared them, and the country’s election results went contrary to Europe’s political winds.2023 July 24, Jason Horowitz, “What the Collapse of Spain’s Far Right Means Going Forward”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

nounFlatus.

  • to pass wind

nounA direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.

  • the four winds

nounMere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.

  • Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.1946, George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

More sentences with wind

  • We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.From the entry head
  • The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam! It nearly scared me to death.From the entry bam
  • This plant's light and fluffy seeds may be borne by the wind to remote islands.From the entry bear
  • When the wind picked up, her hair flew back behind her head.From the entry fly
  • Why don’t you go outside and fly kites, kids? The wind is just perfect.From the entry fly
  • April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.From the entry button
  • The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall.From the entry collect
  • The wind lifted up her skirt and I caught a glimpse of her downstairs.From the entry downstairs
  • Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.From the entry damage
  • We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.From the entry fan
  • Wind the bobbin, place it in the machine, and raise the thread.From the entry bobbin
  • The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.From the entry carry
  • A vagrant gust of wind snatched the note from my grasp.From the entry grasp
  • A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.From the entry moor
  • The burning embers and the dry wind quickly set the whole neighbourhood alight.From the entry alight
  • The harsh desert wind and sand had chewed the stump into ragged strips of wood.From the entry chew
  • If the wind picks up and the flames spread, the whole town could go on fire.From the entry on fire
  • The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.From the entry dryer
  • Each time we came around into the wind, the sea broached our bow.From the entry broach
  • The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east.From the entry hill
  • Q: How's the weather there? A: The wind is pretty stiff, but it's seasonal, so no complaints.From the entry seasonal
  • A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.From the entry wisp
  • They fired tear gas at us, except the wind was blowing the wrong way.From the entry except
  • It was a sturdy building, able to withstand strong winds and cold weather.From the entry sturdy
  • Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.From the entry incline

Meaning of wind

  1. noun Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
  2. noun Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
  3. noun The ability to breathe easily.

Full definition of wind

Questions about wind in a sentence

How do you use wind in a sentence?
Wind is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.”
What is a short sentence with wind?
“the four winds”
What does wind mean?
Wind means real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wind (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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