windmill

He heard their footsteps as they ran down a walkway behind the house, past the tall windmill in their backyard.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

She said the windmill should be repainted in whitewash as it is a historical building, and traditionally "that's how the mills were".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

But Sophie Cunningham has let the state turn her into a combination of Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, willing to joust with a windmill.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

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

At this Snowball sprang to his feet, and shouting down the sheep, who had begun bleating again, broke into a passionate appeal in favour of the windmill.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

The town, founded in 1911 by Danish immigrants, is picturesque, with pastry shops and windmills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

For Cunningham’s supporters, it doesn’t matter that her opponents, as in “Don Quixote,” are not fierce giants but windmills posing no threat.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Many technologies can generate low-frequency noise, including ventilation systems, heat pumps, road traffic and windmills.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Fure said Kingston Cemetery, which "should be a place of natural peace, dignity, and reflection", was now home to cellophane wrappers, plastic plant pots, broken ornaments, artificial flowers, windmills and litter.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

His arms spun like windmills fighting for balance.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

As that set ended, with Djokovic reaching a shot ball and replying at an impossible angle, he windmilled his arms and then pointed to his ear.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

He slipped and windmilled his arms to regain his balance, which made him think about how humans balance ourselves.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2021

Dark-eyed, dressy little town dolls and dutch-bobbed blondies from windmilled countrysides.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2019

What was left of the propeller windmilled as air rushed over it.

From The Verge ● Jun. 24, 2018

At first, Billy windmilled his arms, hoping to find it by luck.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

But although the song starts in muted, sepia-toned reflection, it explodes into colour for the final minute, replete with windmilling power chords and stacked harmonies that topple into Freddie Mercury territory.

From BBC ● May 16, 2025

Bae caught teammate Jason Delay chugging toward home and third base coach Mike Rabello’s right arm windmilling.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

“Southern Recollections: Romare Bearden” starts excitingly big, the dancers sliding across the stage, arms windmilling, to a Wynton Marsalis jazz-orchestra evocation of a train.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

A few relievers stretched in the bullpen, swinging their legs, windmilling their arms in the humid air.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2021

I see now what I saw then, flashing by with the swift, deceptive ease of an accident: shower of gravel, windmilling arms, a hand that claws at a branch and misses.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt