How to Use downwind in a Sentence

downwind

adverb or adjective
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  • Trails downwind from the eruption have been closed for years.
    — Fox News, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Radar detected the smoke plume from the blazes over 100 miles downwind well to the east of Denver.
    — Jason Samenow, Jacob Feuerstein, Becky Bolinger, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Cities downwind of Lake Ontario could get over a foot of new snow while rain will be in the forecast along the East Coast.
    — Janice Dean, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2021
  • For success, head downwind of a switchgrass field, CRP field, conifers, or a ridge.
    — Outdoor Life, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Meanwhile, on the cold side of the storm, lake effect snow with gusty winds will continue downwind of the lakes.
    — NBC News, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Areas downwind of the Great Lakes had some of the greatest snowfall deficits due to a lack of lake-effect snow.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Unlike the layout of The Oaks, where three of the first four holes play downwind, El Monte’s opening hole goes toward the canyon.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 July 2022
  • Set decoys in a teardrop shape with the point aimed downwind and a landing hole where the tear begins to narrow.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Howard Terminal is less than two miles downwind from where the coal would end up.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 27 May 2020
  • Think about all those peach pies, key lime pies and pecan pies that point to locales downwind from the Mason-Dixon line.
    — James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 12 July 2018
  • Imagine there is a half-dome directly downwind in front of and above you.
    — Cameron Johnson, Popular Mechanics, 24 June 2016
  • Rick Cavallaro and John Borton have built a cart that moves 2.86 times the speed of the wind, moving straight downwind.
    — Eric Wolff, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2010
  • So the areas downwind from East Palastine may be a cause for concern.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023
  • By the time the snow ends, more than 6 inches is likely in some spots, with higher amounts downwind of lakes Erie and Ontario.
    — NBC News, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The message is simple: spot fires can start at least a kilometer downwind from the main burn.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Some of the highest temperatures in the Bay Area are forecast to be downwind of these warm, dry breezes.
    — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2023
  • A couple of inches of snow will be possible in the upper Midwest and downwind of some of the Great Lakes.
    — Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The team visually spotted flares in the three regions, then flew downwind into the exhaust plumes of the flares.
    — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2022
  • That choppy air would reduce the performance of any turbine that was downwind of the first one.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • This has already been observed downwind of the volcano.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 7 June 2023
  • The air flow downwind of a turbine may feel to them like the currents on the sheltered sides of cliffs or trees—places where bats gather in nature.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2014
  • This should improve air quality downwind from the Camp Creek fire on Mount Hood.
    — oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2023
  • A few feet downwind of the animal, use your boot to scrape a fire site 2 feet in diameter free of leaves and sticks.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2017
  • Here’s a big mistake that reminds The Watchdog of the old Texas expression that some people don’t have the good sense to spit downwind.
    — Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2022
  • There will also be widespread areas of smoke from the fires, which will make for very poor air quality downwind of the blazes.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Now that house is starting to produce embers for the next building downwind.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Lake effect snow is up and running this weekend again for cities downwind of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
    — Janice Dean, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Finally, with light fading, the pig circles downwind and gives me a clear view of its shoulder.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Figure out where the feeding and the swinging trails cross, and hang your stand downwind of that intersection.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Those winds were spreading the fire’s smoke far and wide, choking communities 40 miles downwind, such as Camarillo and Oxnard.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025

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