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

I was in nylon, feeling like a windsock.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2022

"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

Away from the window she could see sky and the windsock at the end of the runway, but not anything immediately below her.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein