How to Use windbreaker in a Sentence
windbreaker
noun-
One windbreaker was blown more than 60 miles away in the storm.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2023 -
There’s a white man with a blue windbreaker who might be there to help.
— Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2022 -
Dressed in a red windbreaker and brown beanie, Lars Nielsen was out for a walk on a crisp spring day.
— Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024 -
This windbreaker will help keep the cool air from cutting the fun short.
— Dana Holmes, CNN Underscored, 18 Aug. 2020 -
And what’s more camp than wearing a windbreaker to a black-tie event?
— Victoria Hunt, Robb Report, 1 May 2023 -
In the clip, White donned Max's '80s-style windbreaker and red ponytail.
— Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2022 -
But McAuliffe, in dress shirt, windbreaker and slacks, was not content to wave.
— Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019 -
Qaderi had arrived for the tour wearing a black windbreaker and a green linen dress.
— Sarah Chatta, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024 -
As the band played the anthem, Parkway’s coaches stood at the end of the line in black windbreakers, their hands over their hearts.
— Knowles Adkisson, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2017 -
The top layer serves as a windbreaker that beads up moisture and wicks it away.
— Chris Hachey, BGR, 10 June 2021 -
Ianelli has plans for a windbreaker, a wool cap and beanie that will be made in Brooklyn, and a field watch.
— Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 11 Sep. 2015 -
Short-sleeve styles are cool enough to wear on sunny spring days or paired with a light windbreaker.
— Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024 -
Think of this as an even warmer and burlier version of your windbreaker.
— John Thompson, Men's Health, 18 Nov. 2022 -
The man wore a baseball cap with a block M, dark sunglasses and a blue windbreaker.
— Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2020 -
She was last known to be wearing a green windbreaker jacket, green pants and white shoes.
— Anna Beahm, AL.com, 16 Mar. 2018 -
Davis wore a blue windbreaker with the Mothers United logo, as did the others on the tour.
— Mark Pazniokas, courant.com, 26 Apr. 2021 -
Dean stands to West’s right sporting a flat bill hat from MWA, his label, and a slick black windbreaker.
— Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2023 -
One of them, Meena Ayad Rawandozi, wore a blue windbreaker and a baseball cap over her long, straight hair.
— New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022 -
Or trade in your go-to windbreaker for a lightweight denim trench.
— Jessi Roti, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2017 -
As his health aide put a windbreaker on his shoulders to shield him from a light rain, Lee said a loss of income could mean the lost of his home.
— Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020 -
Dressed in a Navy blue windbreaker, Bynum appears decades younger than a man born in the middle of the Great Depression.
— William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023 -
The suspect was described as an Asian male with black hair in his mid-20s, wearing a black windbreaker and black pants.
— Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 20 Aug. 2019 -
Well maybe the pullover windbreaker is the secret to getting guys to be active on defense.
— Gary Bedore and Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 16 Jan. 2018 -
David’s windbreaker features an owl insignia, the symbol of the club.
— Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2023 -
Charlie Strong, for one, would have loved an Alamo Bowl windbreaker.
— Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 28 Dec. 2020 -
Next to Hatch is Orangerine Barrs, a convivial man of 80 in a sharp windbreaker.
— Mike Sutter, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2018 -
Just layer a leather jacket or windbreaker on top to stay warm.
— Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023 -
For his journey, Lee dressed like an action figure, the hood of his black windbreaker pulled tight.
— Suzanne Sataline, Quartz, 30 Nov. 2019 -
Montana jogs toward the sideline and slaps hands with a portly blond man in a windbreaker, then comes back to the huddle.
— Tim Layden, SI.com, 19 July 2017 -
And no doubt that the most covetable item will be the windbreakers that fuse Bahnsen’s signature sheer fabrics and florals with gorpcore details like adjustable strings and hoods.
— Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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