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
And at the top of the final jump, a bright red windsock stuck straight out almost all afternoon.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022
His kick missed to the left and hit the windsock on top of the post.
From Fox News ● Oct. 11, 2021
As Booth approached the canyon, he took note that other parked helicopters were pointing different directions and saw a windsock “waving like a waffle.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2021
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
