Sentence examples for got wind from inspiring English sources

"got wind" can be used in written English.
It is usually used when someone has heard a rumor or gist of something, and is typically followed by "of". For example, "I got wind of a new restaurant opening in town."

Idiom

Get wind of.

If you get wind of something, you hear or learn about it, especially if it was meant to be secret.

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Prexy got wind of the plot just in time.

Maxim got wind of the investigation, and panicked.

The C.I.A. got wind of the magazine's investigation.

And the press got wind that I was getting married.

Then the parks department got wind of it.

Rackham only got wind of the explanation later.

Some folks in town got wind of the program.

Think the Dallas owner, Jerry Jones, got wind of that?

Has his old man got wind of this subversive stuff?

Then the nuns got wind and called the police.

MMA journalist Ariel Helwani got wind of the campaign and saw its potential.

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