leeward
Example Sentences
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The drier air then travels down the leeward side of the mountain where it warms.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
My father was clambering to get us leeward against capsize when my mother took to the starboard bow.
From Salon • May 11, 2024
The center warned winter visitors heading out Friday or Saturday morning that they could trigger an avalanche on the leeward aspects, or downwind-facing terrain, near the treeline, “especially in steep, exposed terrain.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2024
He looked out on the colony every day from a small food operation where visitors can picnic and hope they aren’t leeward of the day’s winds, for the colony can stink.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2022
A gust that came on howling at the same instant broke his mast in two, hurling his yard and sail far out to leeward.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
