Sentence examples for windward of from inspiring English sources

"No matter what, we need to get to windward of these things".

Setting up to windward of its competition, the green-hulled Shamrock muscled upwind to an early lead while Endeavour languished in fourth place.

And, he added, "many valued themselves highly on the skill and address with which they got to windward of every person whom they met".

Both boats executed superb starts on what looked to be a gear-busting afternoon, hitting the line in unison with Prada positioned slightly to windward of America One.

Silvestri didn't repeat that performance today, but he managed an excellent start just to windward of the defending Olympic champion, Mateusz Kusznierewicz of Poland, and parlayed that into a second-place result.

Only heterogeneous ignition of char and homogeneous ignition of volatiles at the windward of particle occurred in quiescent atmosphere.

The two models have different both of dimensions at passages and cavities between buildings and shapes of windward sides of buildings.

The remnants produced 2 5 inches (50 125 mm) of rainfall throughout windward areas of the Big Island of Hawaii and Maui on July 28 and 29.

Some heavy showers associated with the outer rainband's of the low fell on the windward slopes of the Big Island of Hawaii and Maui, where rainfall totals of 5-10 inches were recorded.

Historically, two major groups inhabited either side of the Caribbean island, the Windward Maroons of the East and the Leeward Maroons of the West.

Mr. Obama is spending Christmas secluded in a compound of rental houses that he and his family are sharing with a group of friends from Chicago along the handsome beaches of Kailua, on the windward coast of Oahu.