WINDING in a Sentence
Learn WINDING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
395 example sentences for WINDING, such as:
1. A path winds through the forest.
2. Rain and high winds are forecast.
3. Great winds blow upon high hills.
4. The high winds cause the apples to drop down.
5. During the afternoon, hot winds fan the flames.
2. Rain and high winds are forecast.
3. Great winds blow upon high hills.
4. The high winds cause the apples to drop down.
5. During the afternoon, hot winds fan the flames.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of WINDING
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winding
n. the act of winding or twisting
a. of a path e.g.
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Her eyes followed the winding road, blood-red now after the morning rain.
2 Still there was no sign of Gerald on the quiet winding road.
3 Opposite the winding stair stood a walnut sideboard, too large for use in the dining room, bearing on its wide top several lamps and a long row of candles in candlesticks.
4 The night before had been wild and wet with rain, but when Scarlett arrived in Atlanta a warm sun was at work, bravely attempting to dry the streets that were winding rivers of red mud.
5 She unlocked the door and went down the dim winding stair with a light heart.
6 For an hour she had watched Rhett hold the yarn Melanie was winding for knitting, had noted the blank inscrutable expression when Melanie talked at length and with pride of Ashley and his promotion.
7 Every chair in the house was occupied, and even the long winding stair was packed with guests.
8 It was still theirs, that slender iron line winding through the sunny valley toward Atlanta.
9 They had evidently spent the night under the trees in someone's front yard, for a sand and gravel driveway stretched out before her, winding away under an avenue of cedars.
10 Scarlett picked up the flaring candle and the three walked slowly into the dark hall and up the winding steps toward Gerald's room.
11 She had found one man in the prairie village who did not appreciate her picture of winding streets and arcades, but she had assembled the town council and dramatically defeated him.
12 He was too shocked to go on with his duties of locking the front door and winding his watch and the clock.
13 Nothing but two dismal tallow candles, each in a winding sheet.
14 But by her still halting course and winding, woeful way, you plainly saw that this ship that so wept with spray, still remained without comfort.
15 This slope was trampled hard and bare, and washed out in winding gullies by the rain.
Example Sentence: (185 in 13 pages)
1 The mainspring in a mechanical watch is the spring that stores energy of winding to operate the watch.
2 There's a special key for winding up this clock.
3 Fire crews are hoping they can achieve full containment of the fire before the winds pick up.
4 The winds blow across the sea, pushing little waves into bigger and bigger ones.
5 Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak.
6 Great winds blow upon high hills.
7 March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
8 The high winds cause the apples to drop down.
9 The same materials, thrown into the Martian atmosphere by strong winds, give the Martian sky a pinkish color.
10 He estimated the speed of the winds from the degree of damage.
11 During the afternoon, hot winds fan the flames.
12 A path winds through the forest.
13 They battled strong winds and heavy rains in their carriage.
14 The structure had keeled over in the high winds.
15 Rain and high winds are forecast.