windsock

Example Sentences

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For one of McKay’s major numbers, a blow-up windsock man you might see promoting a business on the side of a freeway was an unexpected inspiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024

The architecture knocks one’s socks off, and the place runs rife with eateries, drinkeries, bookstores and shops for all your dreamcatcher and windsock needs.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2023

"The airport’s windsock was horizontal and the aircraft was being rocked from side to side by the wind," Thomson added.

From Fox News • Feb. 23, 2022

And at the top of the final jump, a bright red windsock stuck straight out almost all afternoon.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2022

It was a wind that offered no relief from the heat, but it caught Lillian’s hair and pushed it softly back, an auburn shining pennant, a surrogate windsock, revealing a long, elegant neck.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy