Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

zephyr

[zef-er] / ˈzɛf ər /






Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Indulge yourself with handcrafted, artisanal, small-batch chocolates, including yuzu pâte de fruit, sesame crunch, honey ganache and cinnamon zephyr ganache flavors.

From Seattle Times Nov. 16, 2023

“Arrival” Anthony Lane reviewed the movie: “What lingers from this alien encounter is neither the wizardry nor the climax but the zephyr of emotional intensity that blows through the film.”

From The New Yorker Jan. 24, 2017

The once-soft air is now an ever-sturdier wall; any gentle zephyr a gale, volatile and tricky.

From The Verge Feb. 9, 2016

Certainly, on a day when the ball had to be on the ground more than in the air, their shot-making limitations were savagely exposed by not much more than a zephyr.

From Golf Digest Oct. 16, 2013

“I thought, last year, that I loved you—but that was as a zephyr to a gale, compared to this engulfing, enveloping worship of now,” she wrote.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

If we had wind chimes, it would’ve been a Lollapalooza monsoon of surly zephyrs all the livelong night.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

Fang’s “Padre, germani, addio!” was an early highlight, and her voice — deceptively delicate and deeply expressive — seemed to rise atop the zephyrs of “Zeffiretti lusinghieri.”

From Washington Post Oct. 13, 2022

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 Jul. 13, 2021

It is made for the Gulf of Bothnia and the alleyways of Jokkmokk and the lethal zephyrs of Njörðr.

From The New Yorker Jun. 25, 2018

Thy zephyrs soft, thy falling showers, No more have charms for me; Maternal Summer, too, adieu!—

From Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Ballou, Maturin Murray




Vocabulary lists containing zephyr


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training