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
Credulity is a mere feather, liable to be blown about with every veering wind of doctrine.
From Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia by Wills, William John
Burning before it on a hearth of greenwood, a little fire struggling with a veering wind.
From The Magnetic North by Robins, Elizabeth
