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
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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
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The cool air nudged the ITCZ north, which intensified the easterly winds above the tropics.
—Bymaya Wei-Haas, science.org, 10 May 2023
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Even outside of storms, easterly winds could gust as high as 45 mph.
—Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
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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
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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
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Clouds build in late Sunday night as winds ease a bit and shift to a more easterly direction.
—Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022
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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
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Light easterly breezes may gust around 15 mph a couple times.
—Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2021
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Weak systems tend to ride the prevailing easterly wind flow (from east to west).
—Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2021
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Breezy easterly winds will continue with sustained winds of up to 14 mph and gusts as strong as 20 mph.
—oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Breezes are fairly light, with an easterly component most of the day.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
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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
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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
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After a while, the road curved in an easterly direction.
—New York Times, 10 Apr. 2020
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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
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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
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An easterly wave is moving into North Texas from the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend.
—Dallas News, 18 June 2022
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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
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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
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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
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Tomorrow night: Clouds remain in place as do the ever present easterly winds.
—Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2021
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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
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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
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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
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