winds

Example Sentences

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More rain will arrive on Wednesday and with stronger winds it will feel cooler.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The nearby structure fire, a department official said, “was likely due to downed power lines or other factors related to the heavy winds that night,” as opposed to the official fire front.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

El Nino is a natural climate phenomenon that warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, bringing worldwide changes in winds, pressure and rainfall patterns.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

El Niño occurs every few years when trade winds of the tropical Pacific weaken and the ocean warms up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

During the freeze-up, polar ice was driven down through the Bering Strait by north winds and struck the shore.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell