Examples of downwind in a Sentence
we were downwind of the deer, so it couldn't smell us
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This front will bring heavy snow to areas downwind of the Great Lakes, which could severely impact travel until Saturday and make some roads impassible.
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Gavon Laessig, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
Snowfall amounts will progressively increase from west to east across the northern Plains, with totals of more than a foot likely downwind from the snow belt of Lake Superior, the weather service said.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
Smoke plumes can travel thousands of miles downwind and trigger heart attacks and elevate lung cancer risks, among other harms.
—Vijay Limaye, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
Further east, areas downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario will see major lake effect snow on Monday night.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025
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Gavon Laessig, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
Snowfall amounts will progressively increase from west to east across the northern Plains, with totals of more than a foot likely downwind from the snow belt of Lake Superior, the weather service said.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
Smoke plumes can travel thousands of miles downwind and trigger heart attacks and elevate lung cancer risks, among other harms.
—Vijay Limaye, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
Further east, areas downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario will see major lake effect snow on Monday night.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Downwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downwind. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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downwind
adverb or adjective
down·wind
ˈdau̇n-ˈwind 
: in the direction that the wind is blowing
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