How to Use crosswind in a Sentence

crosswind

noun

• Lewis will settle for a wind at his back, but a crosswind is even better.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2023
• With the crosswinds dying away and both car and driver ready for the big run, the team went for it.
  — Máté Petrány, Car and Driver, 5 Oct. 2017
• Patey was taking off on runway 26 with a crosswind from his left.
  — Eric Tegler, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2019
• Current athletes are caught in the crosswinds of changing times.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2019
• If there’s a crosswind, aim slightly into the wind so the wind will carry the spray in front of the bear.
  — Cameron Evans, Outdoor Life, 6 July 2023
• To crab on an airplane means to keep the tarmac straight amidst a powerful crosswind.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2018
• Coaches take into account any crosswinds to figure out how how high up the hill to start the run.
  — Nick Pachelli, Esquire, 16 Feb. 2018
• Generally, a buck will walk in a crosswind, with the wind hitting the side of his face.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 2 Dec. 2019
• This is a crosswind throughout most of the course which generally runs from west to east.
  — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
• No dangling straps and a low profile means that it doesn’t get caught in crosswinds and nothing flaps around at high speeds.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2017
• The shape of Shinnecock spins you in a vortex, with crosswinds galore.
  — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 16 June 2026
• Small businesses, meanwhile, are caught in the crosswinds.
  — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
• And since landing airplanes wouldn't have to fight strong crosswinds, airlines would save on fuel, too.
  — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2017
• In crosswind flight mode the turbine flies in large, vertical circles.
  — Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2013
• According to the paper, the bird flies best in the crosswind and when making shallow arcs.
  — Lauren Sigfusson, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2017
• After leaping off a cliff in Spain, he got caught in a crosswind on his landing approach.
  — Diana Boyer, Outside Online, 13 Dec. 2024
• The magnets aren't currently strong enough to withstand a crosswind.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2017
• The pilot may not be satisfied with his aircraft’s speed or height, or may be concerned about crosswinds.
  — Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 5 Feb. 2018
• Pockets of blowing dust and strong crosswinds are possible.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
• On those tires, the two-door Wrangler wanders between the lines in the lightest crosswind.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 7 Jan. 2020
• Speaking of the highway, that’s where crosswinds tend to toss around this slab-sided sedan in its lane like a cat batting a dead mouse.
  — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 16 June 2017
• Approach likely buck haunts from a crosswind and peak over slight rolls in the terrain to glass for antler tines poking up above the ground cover.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
• Tuilefano faced a stiff crosswind breeze while competing in the discus at the prelims.
  — Rick Hoff, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017
• Taking off in a howling crosswind, as Patey himself acknowledged, was not a good idea.
  — Eric Tegler, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2019
• While the Hawk unfurls, the kite weaves to and fro in a figure-eight pattern, optimal to catch crosswinds.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2024
• The airport’s fire chief said the runway was dry and there were no crosswind conditions when the Delta plane overturned.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2025
• The cloud ceiling kept inching lower, and a strong crosswind held the gravel airstrip’s wind sock out like a rigid, forbidding arm.
  — Maggie Shipstead, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2019
• But that 38-yard bomb, with Palmer guessing through the crosswind, led to the first touchdown for the Cards.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 19 Nov. 2015
• The way the Premier's shift lever snakes up from behind the heater controls, like a cobra in a crosswind, is pretty weird.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
• Beware of strong crosswinds if driving a high-profile van, truck, RV and/or pulling a trailer.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2017