How to Use easterly in a Sentence

easterly

adjective or adverb

• Such a track allows the easterly and southerly flow to push the rain-snow line well west of the city.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2020
• Clouds and a steady easterly breeze help keep us near 70 to perhaps a few mid-70s.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 22 June 2018
• The cool air nudged the ITCZ north, which intensified the easterly winds above the tropics.
  — Bymaya Wei-Haas, science.org, 10 May 2023
• Even outside of storms, easterly winds could gust as high as 45 mph.
  — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
• The warm, easterly winds typically sweep in from the deserts, pass over the mountain slopes and head toward the coast.
  — Hayley Smithstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• Highs are expected to reach into the 70s well away from the lake, and a light on-shore easterly breeze will keep readings in the 50s along the lakefront.
  — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 6 May 2018
• Clouds build in late Sunday night as winds ease a bit and shift to a more easterly direction.
  — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022
• Monday’s forecast of a 40 percent chance of showers and an easterly wind won’t help the chances for a course record.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023
• Light easterly breezes may gust around 15 mph a couple times.
  — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2021
• Weak systems tend to ride the prevailing easterly wind flow (from east to west).
  — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2021
• Breezy easterly winds will continue with sustained winds of up to 14 mph and gusts as strong as 20 mph.
  — oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2022
• The suspect was last seen leaving the front door of the store in an easterly direction, the officer said.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2021
• One area that sticks out like a sore thumb is the Arrowhead and North Shore, where a strong easterly breeze will only allow highs to top off of the 40s.
  — Star Tribune, 22 May 2021
• Again, the region will see mostly dry conditions with an easterly wind of 10 mph along the coast.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2022
• The strength of the easterly winds in the Pacific is one of the factors that governs distribution of warmth between the east and west.
  — The Economist, 27 June 2019
• Monday is mainly sunny, and if the easterly winds don’t get carried away, highs are in the mid- to upper 70s.
  — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022
• Breezes are fairly light, with an easterly component most of the day.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
• Late-night easterly breezes near 10 mph may add the slightest chill to clammy low temperatures in the low to mid-60s.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 10 June 2022
• The sky was clear and the forecast was 91 degrees, but a strong easterly wind whipped through the starkly beautiful landscape.
  — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2019
• After a while, the road curved in an easterly direction.
  — New York Times, 10 Apr. 2020
• Hit by easterly winds from Siberia, cities from Warsaw to Oslo were colder than minus 8C.
  — Author: Alister Doyle, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2018
• The heat should hover over our area Memorial Day, but an easterly onshore breeze will keep readings in the 70s along the lakefront and a good portion of the city.
  — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
• An easterly wave is moving into North Texas from the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend.
  — Dallas News, 18 June 2022
• During the fireworks show, an easterly breeze pushed smoke toward my location, which partially blocked the view of the fireworks for the last half of the show.
  — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 5 July 2018
• Fresh to strong easterly #winds in the northern quadrant & #seas of 8-11 ft are expected through midweek.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022
• This scenario offers a more easterly storm track with the storm skirting the North Carolina coast and then tracking off the Virginia coast.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2020
• Tomorrow night: Clouds remain in place as do the ever present easterly winds.
  — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2021
• Daytime heating could be impacted by the smoke plume Tuesday due to easterly winds pushing the smoke into the Phoenix metro area.
  — Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN, 15 June 2021
• In addition to the heavy rain risk, strong onshore easterly winds gusting up to 40 mph could exacerbate the flood threat.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• For a classic system to form in June from an African easterly wave -- or the seeds of tropical systems that roll off the continent during peak hurricane season -- is rare.
  — Matthew Cappucci The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024