How to Use like the wind in a Sentence

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  • All four run like the wind and can jump out of the gym.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Chubb and Hunt bailed him out by running like the wind on the last drive.
    cleveland, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Looks like the wind and mixing warmed things up a bit in the valley.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Words are easy, like the wind; faithful friends are hard to find.
    Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
  • But those little black spiders that run like the wind give me the willies.
    Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023
  • That Thor was like a block of granite, but Loki was like the wind.
    Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 8 July 2021
  • Much like the wind on top of the bridge, the traffic underneath was loud, and there was no shade from the May heat.
    NBC News, 26 May 2021
  • The walls, heat and water should be free, like the wind, water and baby food.
    Bert Stratton, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The only way out of this Old West shootout is to ride like the wind, straight into all those blazing guns.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • On top of that, there are factors like the wind that even the best firefighters cannot control.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2023
  • On top of that, there are factors like the wind that even the best firefighters cannot control.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2023
  • When air blows like the wind, fire can feel neglected and abandoned.
    The Astrotwins, ELLE, 3 Feb. 2023
  • That element seemed to blow in and out like the wind in round one and again in the final eight minutes Monday.
    Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2022
  • But it was all inspired by our love for these incredible girls who ran like the wind and left it all on the track or race course.
    Mika Brzezinski, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2020
  • And when the students move, the sight is like the wind blowing through a grove of trees — their bodies aren’t in perfect sync, but they’re all being pushed by the same force.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2021
  • If the Rockets ran like the wind, Martin's skill-set would get further attention league-wide.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Each car would seemingly move like the wind and gush right past the unmoving observer.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • However, in Ray’s view, they are rooted in life, passionate and unrestrained, free like the wind, and have a lot in common.
    Billboard China, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The hydrogen could be made with renewable power sources like the wind and sun to reduce planet-warming emissions.
    New York Times, 28 May 2021
  • In this frozen northern landscape, my imagination flies like the wind, with no obstacles.
    National Geographic, 10 Nov. 2020
  • And good luck securing a reservation—tables are released three times a year through its online ticketing system and are gone like the wind.
    Bon Appétit, 3 May 2022
  • To do that, virtually all cars and trucks would have to stop burning diesel and gasoline, and their electric batteries would have to be charged by renewable energy sources like the wind and the sun.
    Coral Davenport, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2020
  • It was all influenced by the condition and elements of Arrakis, like the wind that goes at 850 kilometers an hour, as mentioned in the book, and the reality of sandworms.
    Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Digitally transformed companies must adapt to customer preferences that can change like the wind.
    Samantha Paxson, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Instead, imminence might be that musical sensation of time pushing everyone forward at once, like the wind at our backs.
    Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Yet while most young squads counter this by running like the wind—Oklahoma City has the second-most transition opportunities per game—Houston is perpetually stuck in the mud.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Amid the fan demonstrations, protest signs, tiny crowds and near-daily losses, Esteury Ruiz is running like the wind and perhaps right into the upper echelon of Oakland Athletics’ base-stealing royalty.
    John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2023

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