windbreak

Example Sentences

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Check the temperature of the sand and, if there's no natural shade, try to create some with a beach umbrella, sun tent or windbreak.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

To the east, beyond a windbreak of tough old trees, the Great Sand Dunes rise against the mountains, where for millenniums this same wind has piled up this same sandy soil.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2023

Dyche told the newspaper that he knew it was a violation to bring dogs inside, but he had no choice after failing to improvise a windbreak for the dogs.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2022

If your balcony is on the breezy side, you can protect your plants by putting them behind tightly baled straw, or you can create a windbreak by securing burlap to the railing.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021

It's shinin', shinin' from the sharpenin' I'd give it a few days before, and man, way back in myself, behind that windbreak, I says, " 'NAAW! KATE—Lawd, Kate, NAW!!!' "

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison