Use "leeward" in a sentence
1. We steered a course to leeward.
2. The ship cruised slowly to leeward.
3. The ship sagged ( away ) to leeward.
4. Leeward : The side farthest from the wind.
5. LIFA - Leeward Islands Football Association - 11 members - founded in 1949, represents nations of the Leeward archipelago and is affiliated to CFU.
6. A leeward tide is dangerous for small boats.
7. Conversely, do not be bullied by the boat to leeward.
8. The largest of the Leeward Islands, Antigua & Barbuda
9. Recent studies indicate that the Leeward Antilles are accreting to South America.
10. But at least in the prestige and morality and justice, fell leeward.
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12. By sailing the board at an angle the leeward rail digs in providing more sideways resistance.
13. Bora-Bora, volcanic island, Îles Sous le Vent (Leeward Islands), in the Society Islands of French Polynesia
14. The sentence I had just written in a staid serif typeface suddenly was pushed leeward.
15. Its leeward northern shores have softened through time and there're choice hangout for Galapagos sea lions
16. But it was on the leeward side of the house, and it had stood up to storms before.
17. I met them leeward of the middle vehicle, where they lent a hand to tip the wheelbarrow into a stable position.
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19. Barbuda definition, one of the NE Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of Antigua and Barbuda
20. In sailing, one basic rule is that the leeward boat has the right - of - way over windward boat.
21. With no freeboard to counterbalance, the leeward rail pressed down, admitting the flood, and the boy bailed furiously.
22. It is on the leeward side of the Sahyadri mountain range, which forms a barrier from the Arabian Sea.
23. Although normally dry and leeward, the traditional easterly (to northeasterly) tradewinds slacken and reverse during one of these cyclones.
24. All across these mountains, grizzly bears make their winter dens 10,000 feet up in the deep snow of leeward slopes.
25. The capital of St. Christopher-Nevis, on St. Christopher Island in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. Population, 7
26. Wind tunnel studies and computer models also show that slightly inclined stems deflect and funnel airborne pollen upward along their leeward sides toward ovules.
27. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda
28. Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora vacation packages and offers, a luxury five-star resort on the most famous of French Polynesia’s Leeward Islands.
29. 111): Soon King-of-the-Sky appeared sauntering, mud-Bespattered, through Leeward Village, the shotgun on his shoulder and the sandpiper swinging in his hand.Translations []
30. Bora Bora (French: Bora-Bora; Tahitian: Pora Pora) is an island group in the Leeward Islands.The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, which is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean.Bora Bora has a total land area of 30.55 km 2 (12 sq mi)
31. Basseterre definition: a port in the Caribbean , on St Kitts in the Leeward Islands: the capital of St Kitts and Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
32. Usually, the Kona district, on the leeward side of the island, is more sunny, and the Hilo area, on the windward side, is much more rainy.
33. Bogue (third-person singular simple present bogues, present participle Boguing, simple past and past participle bogued) ( nautical ) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward
34. Alee is a nautical term, one you're most likely to hear on a boat or ship. Another way to say "on the downwind side" is leeward
35. Often confused with pinching, which is exactly the opposite (an increase of flow over the leeward side of the sail commonly noticed with Backwinding), or the windward telltale flipping up
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37. Breezy to locally windy trades will continue to carry clouds and showers into windward and mountains areas today, with some stronger showers will reach the interior and leeward sections of …
38. Classic Taíno (Taíno proper) was the native language of the northern Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and most of Hispaniola, and it was expanding into Cuba.
39. Nestled in the middle of the Leeward Islands, Antigua boasts 54-miles of exquisite coastline outfitted with 365 “leave your troubles behind” beaches, one for each sailing day of the year.
40. Kona storms (also called Kona lows) are a type of seasonal cyclone in the Hawaiian Islands, usually formed in the winter from winds coming from the westerly "kona" (normally leeward) direction.
41. Backwinded- when the wind hits the leeward side of the sails Bail - to remove water from the boat Bailers: Openings in the bottom or transom of a boat to drain water when sailing
42. Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry family growing throughout Southeast Asia, South India, and most Pacific Ocean islands.It is also cultivated in the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands of the Caribbean and Africa
43. I had several men who died in my ship of Calentures, so that I was forced to get recruits out of Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, where I touched, by the direction of the merchants who employed me; which I had soon too much cause to repent: for I found afterwards, that most of …