upwind

How To Use upwind In A Sentence

• Even upwind, Janet could smell the burning rubber and plastic. AFTERMATH
• Given the prevailing south-west to north-east winds of the Sudbury summer, Penage is normally upwind, not downwind, from the smokestacks.
• And a medical colleague of his, Dr Alan Preece, says lung cancer is more common downwind of power lines than upwind.
• The French team, which has struggled this week, sailed a strong race, with a good start, and a solid upwind leg.
• Moving to the other side of the road, which coincidentally happened to be upwind, I also found the asters blooming like crazy, mixed in with a bunch of yellow succulents, that I would have called sedum, but now I'm not so sure. Grouse Diary Entry
• The rich went to live in the west of London, upwind of the smell of people and industry.
• I tacked upwind a few hundred yards and began slicing down the smooth, right-breaking faces, trying to stay focused on the sharp coral just below the surface.
• The kites fly upwind. How beautiful the scene is!
• Remaining upwind, above ground level, and in a sealed room with an adequate air supply, will provide protection for civilians - if they have time to prepare.
• If we're upwind of the animal it may smell our scent.