windmill

Example Sentences

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He made a side-to-side move at the rim on his penultimate attempt, then sprinted the length of the court and soared for a windmill jam on his last effort.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

“My goal is to not let any windmill be built.”

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

In laying out the workings of a traditional Dutch windmill, for instance, he conjures a fictional miller, “a congenial fellow” who “knocks out his pipe on the door frame” before getting to work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

They have the largest wooden windmill in America.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2025

His sometimes heavy-lidded, almost reptilian expression vanished; his eyes lit up, his arms would windmill, and his voice rise.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz