How to Use wind down in a Sentence

wind down

verb

• After a day on the ranch, wind down on the front porch of the wagon and watch the sun set over the river.
  — Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
• As the clock winds down, Fenn might be in for a cruel summer.
  — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
• With the shot clock winding down, Momcilovic had a mismatch and called for the ball.
  — Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• Barack Obama was winding down his first term in the Oval Office the last time the Sabres made the cut.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• Guests can then wind down with a drink beside the garden lap pool or in the Guinguette café.
  — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
• On weekends, the place comes to jostling life just as all the other clubs are winding down.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
• The El Niño pattern should wind down in a few months, bringing some respite to the Amazon.
  — Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• The benchmark index is off 1.6% in August as the month winds down, but has gained 2.5% this week.
  — Charley Grant, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2023
• Day two of Prime Day is winding down, but there are still plenty of deals to shop.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 12 July 2023
• As time wound down, the Eagles clung to a 38–35 lead over the Detroit Lions, facing fourth-and-one.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• And with the game clock winding down … And the game is tied again, heading into overtime.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2024
• The year may be winding down, but that hasn’t stopped Latin artists from gifting new music to fans.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2023
• But that will change soon as the winter winds down heading into April.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• Three Doors Down on the turntable chanting their 2000 hit would furnish a fitting coda as the bash winds down.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
• With summer winding down, many are looking ahead for what’s to come with fall.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
• Come July, the accounts will no longer earn any interest as the state winds down the trust.
  — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• With the season winding down in a tight pennant race, the Cubs and Giants were tied 1-1 in the ninth inning at the Polo Grounds.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
• As the day wound down and the last oddballs in full ghillie suits and neon green kilts stumbled off the distillery grounds, the sun was still nowhere near setting.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 31 July 2023
• As the timer winds down, players have to race against the clock to call out words that correspond with the category.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2024
• Castle hit a 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down and Newton cut through the defense for a layup to extend the lead to 18.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2024
• But even as his time in Vegas winds down, Usher remains wound up.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• The subtle glow of lanterns and votives, meanwhile, is ideal for winding down with friends over a glass (or two) of wine.
  — Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2023
• But as the session wound down, a deal had failed to materialize.
  — Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• Snow will begin to wind down across the Cascades on Thursday, but will overspread portions of the northern Plains as the storm treks east.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
• Pole winner Daniel Suarez was third as the regular season winds down.
  — Michael Marot, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
• Rain should be winding down toward sunrise, with over two inches falling in much of the area.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
• When the Syrian war wound down in most parts of the country toward the end of the last decade, Hamas and Hezbollah set their differences aside.
  — Cnn Staff, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
• Rain, heavy to start, then winding down toward sunrise.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• With his skeptical worldview, Huntington was slow to see that the Cold War was ending as the 1980s wound down.
  — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
• That should continue to be the case before storms wind down areawide into evening.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024