In the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing.
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Examples for "upwind "
Examples for "upwind "
1 In some cases cows had been grazing upwind of the bloating bodies.
2 But it was upwind of the direction the Greatwolves were coming from.
3 Calinga and the rest of the men had moved the crowd upwind .
4 But the coyotes, upwind of the barn, had been waiting and watching.
5 In the beginning he rushes, upwind in instinctive reaction against the strange scent.
1 The effects of the shot made her fly up into the wind .
2 By luffing up she ran the risk of getting into the wind .
3 Then on we rushed towards the iceberg, beating closely into the wind .
4 The young woman squinted into the wind , pulling her wolverine hood closer.
5 It's raining, we're into the wind and we're down by two points.
1 The rowers will row against the wind , to hold us in place.
2 Bending their heads against the wind they pressed forward, she in advance.
3 I try hard to smile; my facial muscles weak against the wind .
4 The airship was moving slowly, as it was beating against the wind .
5 We went so fast against the wind that I could scarce breathe.
6 You can smell it on them for a mile, against the wind .
7 That cloud yonder has been rising against the wind for an hour.
8 This, however, can only occur when the hunter travels against the wind .
9 She gathered her scattered thoughts and raised her voice against the wind .
10 It can't sail against the wind like a ship on the water.
11 It's impossible to go against the wind for any length of time.
12 And those who hurried against the wind took no notice of him.
13 Caleb held his ripped T-shirt around him, steeling himself against the wind .
14 The flames were eating their way slowly outward, pushing against the wind .
15 It hesitates, then walks in my direction, head lowered against the wind .
16 His eyes widened just as hers narrowed against the wind and darkness.
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