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Meanings of contrary winds in English

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Usage of contrary winds in English
1
It is also the epicentre of all the contrary winds in Christendom.
The Irish Times
2
You've had contrary winds so far, but you've borne up against them.
Brave and Bold; Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
3
His long hair and beard shone white, whipped in the contrary winds.
Night of Knives
4
The schooner was by contrary winds driven to the island of St. Eustatia.
The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3
5
Quench it not with the contrary winds of oppression and tyranny.
The Prosperity of Humankind
6
The little fleet had struggled with contrary winds for many days.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
7
On account of contrary winds, the progress northward was very slow.
The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francis...
8
From then on, we were harassed by contrary winds, which delayed our arrival.
Blood and Bone
9
We were considerably retarded between Boston and Halifax by contrary winds.
The Englishwoman in America
10
But contrary winds drove him as far south as Cape Malea.
A Book of Discovery / The History of the World's Exploration, Fr...
11
After long delays, caused by contrary winds, the armada set sail from Toulon.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
12
Through day after day he had tacked and veered, baffled by contrary winds.
The Book of Missionary Heroes
13
Bad weather overtook them, contrary winds, driving rain, fog-that overhanging curse of Greenland.
Gudrid the Fair / A Tale of the Discovery of America
14
But an immediate westward course proved impossible because of contrary winds and eastward-bearing currents.
Roma eterna
15
The voyage was unreasonably long; we had contrary winds almost from port to port.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891
16
But contrary winds detained him upon the spot two days.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
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