windsock

Example Sentences

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For one of McKay’s major numbers, a blow-up windsock man you might see promoting a business on the side of a freeway was an unexpected inspiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024

And at the top of the final jump, a bright red windsock stuck straight out almost all afternoon.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2022

His kick missed to the left and hit the windsock on top of the post.

From Fox News • Oct. 11, 2021

As Booth approached the canyon, he took note that other parked helicopters were pointing different directions and saw a windsock “waving like a waffle.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2021

A windsock at the end of the field, swollen with moderate gusts, pointed like an absurd finger past the control tower and to the far runway.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy