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Meanings of vanes in English
Usage of vanes in English
1
The weather vanes throughout the country had evidently entered into a conspiracy.
2
These chance bits of biography are weather-vanes of the mind of Democritus.
3
Lynceos and Idas, stay on your vanes and take the first watch.
4
I now believe that none of the vanes could have been in operation.
5
From vanes we learned the avenues don't run north and south, but N.N.E.
6
Six projectors controlled by computers sweep the vanes across the night.
7
Rows of electrostatic collection devices lined each of five colossal vanes.
8
Centered among the blue, purple, and vermilion vanes was a star.
9
The starship had seven vanes of energy acting somewhat like sails.
10
The vanes swept them toward the pinhole in the velvet masking.
11
Boys are like weather-vanes, you never can tell what way they're going next!
12
Behind Bellacorick power station the vanes of the wind farm are to be seen.
13
While I considered the question, two more weather vanes popped out of the ridgepole.
14
The vanes and shafts of the feathers can be seen by the naked eye.
15
The sound of his great vanes pressing and dividing the air was plainly audible.
16
With these vanes locked, the bikes flew as one, though either rider could steer.
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common