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

“By the way, in case you people don’t know, I’m not much of a windmill person,” Trump said.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

"I grew up with the project of restoring the windmill."

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

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

He sketched for her the new fan blade Samuel had invented for the windmill.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck