6 sentences with 'winds'
Example sentences and phrases with the word winds and other words derived from it.
• « The key was the invention of the caravel, a new type of ship capable of sailing both into the wind and against side winds; as long as the wind was not blowing in the opposite direction to that in which you wanted to travel, it was possible to keep moving in the right direction. »
• « The guide then pointed to the Thung Gorge, which winds its way up to 5000 metres, and made an announcement: There, where you see those clouds, we are going to be today. Then they began the ascent. »
• « It is true that just as we can take two steps forward during the day, we can also take one or two steps back. However, when we have faith that the spring thaw will come, the winter winds seem to lose momentum. »
• « The most pathetic case of desert encroachment is in Mauritania. The exodus is daily there. The winds have created a ghost town and push the dunes to the bottom of the sea. »
• « But there are cycles in which the direction of the winds is altered, blowing in a west-east direction, which causes the equatorial water mass to move towards the western coasts of South America, inhibiting the cold and regulating Humboldt current, which causes the entire coastal area of Peru to overheat. The Pacific warms and changes occur across the globe. This is the El Niño current. »
• « On the other hand, the physical state produced by wind chill - the actual sensation of the body produced by the action of the winds - depends almost exclusively on the nutrition of the individual. »