yaw

Example Sentences

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These early projects have overcome doubts about whether a wind turbine hundreds of feet high could function smoothly on a base heaving and yawing in rough seas.

From New York Times

The controls on the right manipulate the vehicle’s pitching, yawing, and rolling.

From The Verge

"This study sheds light into early cases of yaws after the European colonization of the Americas," says Aditya Kumar Lankapalli of the Max Planck Institute in the statement.

From Fox News

Based on previous studies, as well as his own underwater observations, he figured the tail fin was “quite important” for modulating yaw — swerving motions that occur in the horizontal plane.

From New York Times

The flight commander said the plane was "yawing and fishtailing all over the place", before flames were seen coming from the engine.

From BBC