lee

Example Sentences

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Finally, he drew up in the lee of a large berg and shouted to Worsley to go back and help the other boat.

From Literature

Plug settled himself in the lee of the house, out of the wind.

From Literature

“No. A storm drove me on a lee shore, and I lost my anchor to windward.”

From Literature

Winds also lift over and through crenulated ridgelines and careen downhill, accelerating with gravity on the lee sides of mountains, which is the side facing the ocean and densely populated coastal Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times

The winds developed as a strong low pressure zone intensified in the lee of Rocky Mountains.

From Seattle Times