leeward
Example Sentences
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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
Mr Cole-Hamilton, who was then 66, was able to help his friend around to the leeward side of the boat and the pair managed to right the craft.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2022
He’d ease the handle of the cane over toward the imaginary leeward rail, and two of us would haul in an imaginary rope.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
