How to Use weather vane in a Sentence

weather vane

noun

• There are nods to the old store such as the weather vane on the cupola and an old clock.
  — Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2022
• Even the old weather vane was polished and put back on top of the workshop's new roof.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Other rods align themselves to that flow, like a weather vane in the wind.
  — Emily Conover, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2015
• The wind was strong enough to spin a weather vane, but Rosen was unflappable.
  — Sam Farmer, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• And the stock market is sort of the best weather vane on how the economy's gonna do three, six months from now.
  — Cnn Staff, CNN, 26 Mar. 2020
• The crane arms would be allowed to rotate freely with the wind, like a weather vane, Kenna said.
  — Ely Portillo, charlotteobserver, 7 Sep. 2017
• An unlatched green gate in the country, a weather vane on top of an empty barn.
  — The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
• Then its wings — 132 feet from tip to tip — began to spin around its axis like a weather vane.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 3 May 2018
• But the real weather vane for the country may be many rungs down the ballot in obscure races for the House of Delegates.
  — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017
• Built in 2018, the two-story home pays homage to Boston’s colonial style with dormer windows and a weather vane up top.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
• The arms of the tower cranes are left unlocked during storms, allowing them to swing around and follow the wind, much like a weather vane.
  — Alan Gomez, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2017
• Now unnecessary with the advent of the smartphone and the weather channel, the weather vane still holds a certain charm.
  — Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 1 Feb. 2023
• There will be a silent auction where guests can win prizes like a weather vane, children's books and spa packages that range from massages to facials.
  — Tyler Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 22 Aug. 2019
• When it's built, the three-level casita has many magical features, like a weather vane that spins, a bed that flips and shutters that wave.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 12 Nov. 2022
• To ensure that final vowel stays banished, there's not a flag, whirligig, weather vane, or braided rug in sight.
  — Kathleen Hackett, ELLE Decor, 29 June 2010
• Brown, the recipient of a four-year, $115 million extension on Monday, and Tatum are weather vanes for the Green.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• In 1789, the church added a two level square brick tower complete with an octagonal belfry capped by a tall weather vane.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 11 Sep. 2021
• When Hurricane Irma hits, some cranes could start spinning like weather vanes.
  — CBS News, 7 Sep. 2017
• Since then, New Gen has grown as a launchpad for over 300 designers and acts as a kind of predictive weather vane for the direction that fashion movements will take.
  — Sarah Mower, Vogue, 4 May 2022
• Also true to the song lyrics, the video features Del Rey and her sisters baking birthday cake, one indeed with a baby on the way, and shows her broken weather vane atop her Oklahoma house.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2021
• American folk art — paintings by itinerant artists, old signs, weather vanes, ship figureheads — was new to the art market.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Dec. 2019
• The buildings — from a stunning stone church to the mansion topped with a rooster weather vane to the chapel — provide an impressive backdrop to the beautiful natural surroundings and views.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• Denim, after all, has always been a cultural weather vane.
  — New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
• As part of the celebration marking the return of the Preakness, the colors of the race’s winner were painted onto the ornamental weather vane at Pimlico Racecourse for the first time.
  — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2021
• Maya's Restaurant, which opened 35 years ago in an unassuming spot overlooking the industrial side of Gustavia Harbor, is the social weather vane.
  — Kate Holstein, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2020
• But even where the roofs have been painted over with drabber colors, there is a look to the exteriors—vaguely colonial, with cupolas that once hoisted metal weather vanes bearing the image of Simple Simon and the Pieman—that is the tipoff.
  — Bob Greene, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2018
• Republican donors, a reliable party weather vane, have likewise turned his way.
  — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022
• Her reaction is a weather vane, indicating where the Democrats’ conversation might be heading.
  — Gil Troy, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
• Whether Johnson is a weather vane who swings toward popular causes or whether he was schooled at 10 Downing Street by Britain’s world-leading climate scientists, the man has changed his tune — dramatically.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2021
• Abbott has a reputation in Austin for twisting like a weather vane, depending on the prevailing Republican winds.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021

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