windmill
Example Sentences
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He made a side-to-side move at the rim on his penultimate attempt, then sprinted the length of the court and soared for a windmill jam on his last effort.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
“By the way, in case you people don’t know, I’m not much of a windmill person,” Trump said.
From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026
In laying out the workings of a traditional Dutch windmill, for instance, he conjures a fictional miller, “a congenial fellow” who “knocks out his pipe on the door frame” before getting to work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
There will be illustrator residencies in London's oldest surviving windmill and free public gardens.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
About half the animals on the farm rushed out to the knoll where the windmill stood.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
