zephyr

Example Sentences

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Short and stout pattypan are as cute as buttons; slender, two-toned zephyrs look like their bottoms have been dipped in green dye; pale green chayote could be mistaken for pears at first glance.

From Seattle Times

I much enjoyed the Warriors’ first championship team, as it played a brand of basketball that was fresh and beautiful and cut across the sky like a zephyr.

From New York Times

He's five feet nine, about as heavy as a zephyr, and he spends every match getting clobbered by opposing centerbacks.

From The New Yorker

The forecast for all four of the tournament’s rounds is fine and mild, with a moderate breeze on Thursday tapering off to a light zephyr on Sunday.

From Reuters

And it distilled the myriad shifts and reversals that were wafting through the Beverly Hilton ballroom like encouraging zephyrs, with the dust not soon to settle.

From Washington Post