Sentence examples for weather vane from inspiring English sources

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air vane

"weather vane" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You could use it to refer to the device used to indicate the direction of the wind, for example: "The old farmhouse had a weather vane in the shape of a rooster on the roof."

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weather vane

noun

A mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.

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"I thought it was a weather vane".

The New York Times

AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands is an unusually good European weather vane.

The New York Times

OLLANTA HUMALA is Latin America's political weather vane.

The Economist

A useful weather vane, this market, always pointing straight downwind!

The New Yorker

Manning pirouettes like a rusty weather vane, and the effect is more mesmerizing than elusive.

The New York Times

By finally taking on the deficit over jobs, President Obama has become a weather vane.

The New York Times

The most beautiful one resembles a silver weather vane that appears guided by unseen forces.

The New York Times

The sign "McGovern Weir" sits atop it like a weather vane.

The New York Times

Tim Wigglesworth, the referee, was awarding penalties as if he were a weather vane.

The Guardian - Sport

Twenty minutes later, Ruben had his weather vane — for $900, triple the estimated price.

The New York Times

The weather vane is estimated at $60,000 to $90,000.

The New York Times - Arts

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