veering wind
Example Sentences
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“That’s badly put: I feel writing the thing on the worktable should have the focus, and that awards should come like shifts in a veering wind, as gratifying surprises.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2017
A veering wind made club selection difficult but Aiken doubled his overnight lead with several crucial long putts.
From Reuters • May 7, 2011
His foundry, on a veering wind, fouled the linens of North Boston as he cast ship gadgets, stoves, anvils, chimney backs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two-thirds of the city’s buildings were wood, and the summer had been excessively dry, while to make conditions worse a high and veering wind fanned the flames.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
It was for a time but a charm of broken melody in the veering wind, distinct a moment, then gone, then back a faint echo of its first clearness.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
