Sentence examples for weathervane from inspiring English sources

We complain about politicians spinning, rather than recognizing that this is exactly what we want a weathervane — or hey, a wind turbine — to do, or recognizing that it's up to us to be that wind.

But Obama is just the weathervane, and he knew it when he was elected.

This week Ms Rice, usually a weathervane of presidential opinion, said: "The world would clearly be better off, and the Iraqi people would be better off, if Saddam Hussein were not in power in Iraq.

The results this autumn will be seen as a referendum on Washington, DC, though neither is a reliable weathervane.

Trade was so vital the Bank of England had a weathervane on its roof to aid decision making.Trade is just as important today, not least because arguments about it pervade the heated debate about Britain's EU membership (see Bagehot).

Little wonder, then, that Penang has become a political weathervane as much as a lesson in economic development.

IN THE early second century AD, the ingenious "earthquake weathervane" of Zhang Heng, a Chinese engineer and polymath, released a metal sphere indicating the direction of an earthquake.

Gary Shapiro, the boss of the Consumer Electronics Association, which stages the show, argues that the positive vibe at the event is a sign that the global economy is on the mend.The show isn't just a weathervane for the consumer-electronics industry.

And, from his vantage point as France's electoral weathervane, who does the mayor think will win?

Under Abacha, who had no coherent ideas about economics but was able to rule by fiat, policy twirled like a weathervane.

But it will not be as powerful a force as some had expected when Mr Hashimoto launched it this year.The victory for Mr Abe's coalition represents yet another hard-to-fathom swing in Japan's weathervane-like politics.