upwind

IPA: ˈʌpwɪnd

Examples of "upwind" in Sentences

Since the wind usually blows from the west, the island is located 'upwind' of Europe.
Hey if you are stepping off the bus smelling chocolate you are upwind from the chocolate factory.
In the backyard, I stand away and upwind from the smoke that billows from Carl Donovan’s enormous barbecue.
Too close for comfortJohn Reed's property is 900 meters upwind from a 526-hectare industrial waste pond called Little Blue Run.
If he does not do this, Wilson will have to struggle upwind, which is something he has certainly been getting used to since the Horn.
There is designed to be one ama only, which skims a metre above the water on the "upwind" side ignore the tiny float on the other side for now and this long plastic float is kept there, skimming, only by the crew's skill and constant movement.
'I don't see anything inherently wrong with her, being hit by a fishing boat one week and then hitting something in the water does not mean the boat is unsafe or unsound, particularly we had a good bashing upwind, which is the hardest thing for the boat and she proved fine, it was a good way to start the race really.