Sentence examples for wind sock from inspiring English sources

I could see April's ponytail whipping around above her head like a wind sock.

It billowed faintly, like a colossal wind sock over a hissing volcano.

"Large swells move near the wind sock, yet they don't break," he observes, canoeing out into the ocean to dispose of Joanie's cremated remains.

One version of the design has a foot-long wind sock on top of the dome to release air pressure under the canopy, which makes it easier to walk into a wind.

We would land on crop dusters' strips — fields with only a gas tank and a wind sock — get gas and a pickup ride to the town café, where Buddy would get even the most suspicious farmers to warm to him and talk to us.

Intraluminal diverticula are seen on barium studies with the classical "wind sock" sign (Fig. 5).

(Another version has a dozen wind socks, giving it the spikiness of a sea anemone).

The event was far enough away from J.F.K.'s typical bustle, but thumping wind socks and the difficulty in securing the finish line tape were reminders of the challenges of holding a race on a runway.

Owens would hope his collection – sleeveless leather jackets, slouchy jumpers, shorts and headpieces that looked like wind socks made of hair – would be the abiding memory taken away from this season.

Local elections on the same day make more reliable psephological wind socks—especially if you know what to look for, and where.In this section The lesser escape Money for old rope The squeezed middle Remote controls Running out of road All politics is local Magic or menopausal?

Young visitors will watch for hawks soaring above the Hudson and make wind socks or raptors to take to the air; the Friendly Falcons will do an interactive show at 12 30 p.m. Raptor Day arrives on Monday, with a celebration of hawks, falcons and their many cousins, with live birds-of-prey shows, owl-pellet dissection, nature walks, storytelling and crafts, from 9 30 a.m. to 4 30 p.m.