Winds

Examples

• I shall no longer see the sun or stars, or feel the winds play on my cheeks. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I don't go beating about for side-winds. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• There she broke down, poor thing, and gave the other seventeen to the four winds. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Whether we wish it or not we are involved in the world's problems, and all the winds of heaven blow through our land. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Winter again came round, with its winds, frosts, tame robins, and sparkling starlight. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was impossible, from that position, to see the fall, but I could see the curving path which winds over the shoulder of the hill and leads to it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Banish the bleak winds of sorrow from thy mind and live independent. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Then the more reckless of the crowds threw all sense of fairness to the winds, and broke into Mr. Miller’s house, seized the machine, and carried it off with them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Much YOU know of east winds, my ugly darling, said I, kissing her in my admiration--I couldn't help it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But upon the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea winds are more prevalent, seas run higher, the shore is often a danger rather than a refuge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Convection is responsible for winds and ocean currents, for land and sea breezes, and other daily phenomena. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Fledgeby's childhood had been, in consequence, a stormy one; but the winds and the waves had gone down in the grave, and Fledgeby flourished alone. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Behold us now in our frail tenement, hemmed in by hungry, roaring waves, buffeted by winds. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Extreme cold winds congeal the surface of the earth by carrying off its fire. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It was as if the tranquil sanctuary of my boyhood had been sacked before my face, and its peace and honour given to the winds. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Why then, sir,' said Stephen, turning white, and motioning with that right hand of his, as if he gave everything to the four winds, ''_tis_ a muddle. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Warm winds afterward blowing over that frozen surface will be chilled by it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• One of the armies opposed to the Emperor was scattered to the winds already. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Thrown out on the winds it became twined in with them, and with them it flew away. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• There were those among the unregenerated who attributed the unceasing head-winds to our distressing choir-music. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I cast the miserable trammels of worldly discretion to the winds, and spoke with the fervour that filled me, in the words that came firSt. Stop! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Hence our general cold winds are about northwest, our summer cold gusts the same. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It is utterly inaccessible, except in one place, where a bridle-path winds upward among the solid rocks to the old portcullis. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Could that frozen surface be turned under, and warmer turned up from beneath it, those warm winds would not be chilled so much. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But adverse winds detain me on shore; like Ulysses, I sit at the water's edge and weep. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Kitty Hawk, the place the Wrights had chosen because the Weather Bureau had told them the winds were strongest and steadiest there, now became one of the chief foci of the world’s attention. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Should he be detained by foul winds, even for a single hour, he promised to write to me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Even the winds are his messengers, and they serve him in these hours of darkness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I have fallen like a poor stray shadow on your way, I have married you to poverty and trouble, I have scattered your means to the winds. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Grand shop-winders, trumpets, and drums; and here be we out of doors in all winds and weathers-- But you mistake me, pleaded Clym. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Editor: Lora