in the wind
Example Sentences
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A small plane from local carrier Golden Bay Air tipped onto its side in the wind while parked at the airport with no-one aboard.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
"We have noticed that the statue is swaying in the wind."
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Some beachgoers say that when they flap in the wind, Shibumis are so loud that it’s hard to hold a conversation under or even near one.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
He assumed it was a tree branch snapping in the wind and hitting the ground.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The floe, which Worsley estimated at possibly a million tons, pressed so hard against Endurance that her beams began to buckle and her foremast jerked and shook like a cornstalk in the wind.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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