Breezes
[bri:ziz]
Examples
- It's like the blowing of old breezes or the ringing of old bellses to hear YOU say Uriah. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The gentlest summer breezes and the fiercest blasts of winter are produced by the unequal heating of air. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Convection is responsible for winds and ocean currents, for land and sea breezes, and other daily phenomena. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The breezes that blew around his mouth in that walk carried off upon them the accents of a commination. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The morning-star now stands over the tops of the mountains, and gales and breezes, not of earth, show that the gates of day are unclosing. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Those vile sea-breezes are the ruin of beauty and health. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Picture me then idle, basking, plump, and happy, stretched on a cushioned deck, warmed with constant sunshine, rocked by breezes indolently soft. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The heats of summer had driven all who were able to leave the sultry and unhealthy city, to seek the shores of the lake, and its cool sea-breezes. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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