How to Use crosswind in a Sentence

crosswind

noun

• All downhill with a crosswind that trends to help a draw.
  — Chris Pugh, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022
• With the crosswinds dying away and both car and driver ready for the big run, the team went for it.
  — Máté Petrány, Car and Driver, 5 Oct. 2017
• But that 38-yard bomb, with Palmer guessing through the crosswind, led to the first touchdown for the Cards.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 19 Nov. 2015
• If there’s a crosswind, aim slightly into the wind so the wind will carry the spray in front of the bear.
  — Cameron Evans, Outdoor Life, 6 July 2023
• Generally, a buck will walk in a crosswind, with the wind hitting the side of his face.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 2 Dec. 2019
• On those tires, the two-door Wrangler wanders between the lines in the lightest crosswind.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 7 Jan. 2020
• The smellicopter starts casting left and right crosswind.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2021
• According to the paper, the bird flies best in the crosswind and when making shallow arcs.
  — Lauren Sigfusson, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2017
• Patey was taking off on runway 26 with a crosswind from his left.
  — Eric Tegler, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2019
• Coaches take into account any crosswinds to figure out how how high up the hill to start the run.
  — Nick Pachelli, Esquire, 16 Feb. 2018
• Current athletes are caught in the crosswinds of changing times.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2019
• While the Hawk unfurls, the kite weaves to and fro in a figure-eight pattern, optimal to catch crosswinds.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2024
• The way the Premier's shift lever snakes up from behind the heater controls, like a cobra in a crosswind, is pretty weird.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
• To crab on an airplane means to keep the tarmac straight amidst a powerful crosswind.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2018
• No dangling straps and a low profile means that it doesn’t get caught in crosswinds and nothing flaps around at high speeds.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2017
• Speaking of the highway, that’s where crosswinds tend to toss around this slab-sided sedan in its lane like a cat batting a dead mouse.
  — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 16 June 2017
• Approach likely buck haunts from a crosswind and peak over slight rolls in the terrain to glass for antler tines poking up above the ground cover.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
• At that time, the airplane was about 500 ft above ground level (agl) on the right crosswind leg of the airport traffic pattern for runway 6.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2019
• The magnets aren't currently strong enough to withstand a crosswind.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2017
• And since landing airplanes wouldn't have to fight strong crosswinds, airlines would save on fuel, too.
  — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2017
• Beware of strong crosswinds if driving a high-profile van, truck, RV and/or pulling a trailer.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• In crosswind flight mode the turbine flies in large, vertical circles.
  — Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2013
• That is the bedrock for every one of these active and retired officers: serve the nation and avoid the partisan crosswinds.
  — James Stavridis, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
• Knight fought a strong crosswind and increasing cloud cover.
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 9 May 2018
• The pilot may not be satisfied with his aircraft’s speed or height, or may be concerned about crosswinds.
  — Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 5 Feb. 2018
• With a situation like this, there’s so many crosswinds.
  — Taryn Lunastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2020
• Arrambide’s blast, which came after St. Charles East had a runner thrown out at the plate, rode a strong crosswind blowing from the left field corner to right field.
  — Rick Armstrong, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2021
• With a sloping green, crosswinds and seven deep, irregular and vexing bunkers, the ninth hole has turned out to be a tiny terror.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 14 June 2017
• Coming over the tip of Winter Island, near Antioch, the water churned and Derreumaux was hit with a crosswind.
  — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 14 June 2020
• The wings were designed to capture crosswinds to help provide forward propulsion, like a sail, along with electric motors or gasoline engines.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 23 Aug 2024