How to Use headwind in a Sentence

headwind

noun

• That could be a headwind for stocks in the months to come.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 8 July 2021
• The floaters tack against headwinds, like skilled sailors.
  — Alex Davies, WIRED, 23 July 2019
• The runners had to deal with a strong headwind on the backstretch.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2021
• Now, Keytruda may face headwinds even in the near term.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
• But already there are signs the bill could face headwinds.
  — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 14 Feb. 2024
• All the late-night shows face new headwinds and challenges.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
• Even in the best of times, funding is a common headwind.
  — NBC News, 25 Aug. 2020
• So that all looks, at least to my untrained eye, like a headwind.
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 24 Aug. 2018
• Books were still good, the work still worthwhile, despite the stiff headwinds.
  — Kevin Lozano, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
• How will Studiocanal grow in the face of such headwinds?
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
• Like a strong headwind, the Great Recession, in 2009, set me free.
  — Jason Hummel, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2018
• Each new headwind would have been a valid reason on its own to abort our plans.
  — Jim Olson, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2020
• To be sure, there are a number of headwinds and unknowns for EV sales up ahead.
  — Kyle Stock and Brian Kahn Bloomberg News (wpns), arkansasonline.com, 11 Feb. 2025
• On the other hand, future demand has been pulled to the present, so Tesla may face a headwind in 2019.
  — Fortune, 12 July 2018
• The tariff pressure adds to the list of headwinds for the retail industry.
  — Orla McCaffrey, Dallas News, 6 June 2019
• The temperature will be near 70 with a 12 mile-an-hour headwind from the northeast.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021
• The race was run into a slight headwind, but Williams was undeterred.
  — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 8 June 2022
• But if a headwind gives way to a tailwind, say, or if a cloudy day turns clear and the crystals of the snow shift, then advantages can, too.
  — Howard Fendrich and Pat Graham, chicagotribune.com, 31 Jan. 2022
• By Friday, even Trump seemed to understand the headwinds were strong.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
• Despite the headwinds, Brazil's women's team is now among the world's best, but some claim that sexism has hampered the growth of the women's game.
  — Drew Kann, CNN, 16 June 2019
• That's a lot of headwind to overcome for a statewide Black Democratic candidate in the South.
  — Keith Boykin, CNN, 21 June 2021
• The industry headwinds have even forced some out of business.
  — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
• Shares closed Thursday down 44% from that pre-report high, and the sales report proved to be a headwind for Lucid shares as well.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 26 Dec. 2021
• Jonas said the technology may prove to be a headwind Lordstown can do without in the post-Burns era.
  — David Welch, Fortune, 15 June 2021
• People shopping for a home in the Portland-area are facing headwinds as the year dwindles down.
  — oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2019
• There's a good movie to be made about a woman wading into late-night TV's headwinds -- both in front of and behind the curtain.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 7 June 2019
• Demand is still very much present, even in light of economic headwinds.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
• This isn’t the first time the White House has floated a tax cut when facing political headwinds.
  — Laura Davison Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2019
• So far in 2025, the U.S. economy has only faced headwinds and has not yet benefitted from any tailwinds.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
• Despite the near-term headwinds, Hasbro remains optimistic.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025