Examples of downwind in a Sentence
we were downwind of the deer, so it couldn't smell us
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Made less dense, the air then rises, cools and condenses into clouds, which produce heavy snow in narrow bands downwind.
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
Monday's snow is focused across the Great Lakes, where heavy lake effect will blanket the typical snowbelt areas downwind of the lakes.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026
Places downwind of the Great Lakes could see one to two feet of snow by the weekend, while those in Downeast Maine can expect as much as 8 inches.
—Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Jan. 2026
Places downwind of the Great Lakes could see one to two feet of snow by the weekend, while those in Downeast Maine can expect as much as 8 inches.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
Monday's snow is focused across the Great Lakes, where heavy lake effect will blanket the typical snowbelt areas downwind of the lakes.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026
Places downwind of the Great Lakes could see one to two feet of snow by the weekend, while those in Downeast Maine can expect as much as 8 inches.
—Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Jan. 2026
Places downwind of the Great Lakes could see one to two feet of snow by the weekend, while those in Downeast Maine can expect as much as 8 inches.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Downwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downwind. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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downwind
adverb or adjective
down·wind
ˈdau̇n-ˈwind 
: in the direction that the wind is blowing
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