Usage of "into the wind"

In the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing.

Sinònims

Examples for "upwind"

Examples for "upwind"

In some cases cows had been grazing upwind of the bloating bodies. 
 The stand 

But it was upwind of the direction the Greatwolves were coming from. 
 Promise of the wolves: a novel 

Calinga and the rest of the men had moved the crowd upwind. 
 Earth Afire 

But the coyotes, upwind of the barn, had been waiting and watching. 
 Rose in a storm 

In the beginning he rushes, upwind in instinctive reaction against the strange scent. 
 The Land of Footprints 

The rowers will row against the wind, to hold us in place. 
 The Memoirs of Cleopatra 

Bending their heads against the wind they pressed forward, she in advance. 
 Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 05 : Lights and shado... 

I try hard to smile; my facial muscles weak against the wind. 
 The half life of stars: a novel 

The airship was moving slowly, as it was beating against the wind. 
 Tom Swift and His Wireless Message; Or, The Castaways of Earthqu... 

We went so fast against the wind that I could scarce breathe. 
 The Man on the Box 

Ús de into the wind en anglès

The effects of the shot made her fly up into the wind. 
 Tales of the Sea, and of Our Jack Tars 

By luffing up she ran the risk of getting into the wind. 
 The Three Admirals 

Then on we rushed towards the iceberg, beating closely into the wind. 
 Old Jack 

The young woman squinted into the wind, pulling her wolverine hood closer. 
 The Valley of Horses 

It's raining, we're into the wind and we're down by two points. 
 The Guardian 

Whereon she shot up into the wind, and her sail rattled down. 
 A King's Comrade: A Story of Old Hereford 

Sam bent over the gunwale and retched, but not into the wind. 
 A feast for crows 

Bent into the wind, she ran, past dark houses and empty lots. 
 The Haunted Mask 

Walking into the wind it had become positively difficult to draw breath! 
 Bull Hunter 

Heads bowed into the wind, they begin their trudge down I Street. 
 Boston noir 

The boy raised his hands into the wind, like a little kid. 
 The prince of frogtown 

The few that ware open poured thin gray smoke into the wind. 
 Ringworld 

Her cousin turned her face into the wind, breathing it in, exultant. 
 Heir of Fire 

I tell 'em to go piss into the wind with their poison. 
 The bourne ultimatum 

He muttered into the wind, 'Trapped between Hood and the damned Abyss.' 
 Night of Knives 

According to family scuttlebutt, O'Rourke was into the wind, missing since the incident. 
 Running scared 

Significats de into the wind en anglès