Pronunciation of the English word winds.
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1. | The International Ultraviolet Explorer provided information about physical conditions in the central regions of distant galaxies that may contain black holes. It also provided scientists with more knowledge of the physical conditions in very hot stars, the effect of solar winds on the atmospheres of the planets in our solar system, and the loss of mass from stars when stellar winds and flares occur. | |
2. | Westerly winds are prevailing winds that blow from the west toward the east. | |
3. | Trade winds are winds that blow predominantly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere. | |
4. | Early commerce to the Americas relied on the trade winds—the prevailing easterly winds that circle the Earth near the equator. | |
5. | Known to sailors around the world as the doldrums, the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is a belt around the Earth extending approximately five degrees north and south of the equator. Here, the prevailing trade winds of the northern hemisphere blow to the southwest and collide with the southern hemisphere’s driving northeast trade winds. | |
6. | Strong winds stripped the tree of its leaves. | |
7. | They say we're going to get high winds. | |
8. | The strong winds were blowing. | |
9. | The rescue flight had to reckon with strong winds and freezing temperatures. | |
10. | Winds from the sea are moist. |