Wondering how to use Crosswind in a sentence? Below are 8 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as wind.
Crosswind meaning
A wind blowing across a line of travel, especially perpendicularly.
Synonyms of Crosswind
Using Crosswind
- The main meaning on this page is: A wind blowing across a line of travel, especially perpendicularly.
- Useful related words include: wind, air current, current of air.
- In the example corpus, crosswind often appears in combinations such as: crosswind or.
Context around Crosswind
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crosswind
- In this selection, "crosswind" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, difficult, typical, headwind, conditions, landing and sensor stand out and add context to how "crosswind" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a tall crosswind sensor was and air headwind crosswind or tailwind. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crosswind" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crosswind
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Somewhat worse than typical crosswind landing. (6 words)
There was no accounting for fresh air, headwind, crosswind, or tailwind. (11 words)
These directions may be different if there is a crosswind or tidal current. (13 words)
During periods of westerly operation, aircraft continue to fly in a westerly direction with an easterly tailwind component of up to convert, if the runway is dry and there is no significant crosswind. (33 words)
A tall crosswind sensor was added immediately behind the main gun, the stabilization mechanism was improved with additional gyroscopes and a cant sensor and the all digital FCS was refined further. (31 words)
The bright yellow colour will increase visibility and it has a removable skeg which will keep your kayak running straight in a crosswind. (23 words)
Example sentences (8)
This tactic is used when landing in difficult crosswind conditions, like those faced on Saturday.
Somewhat worse than typical crosswind landing.
The bright yellow colour will increase visibility and it has a removable skeg which will keep your kayak running straight in a crosswind.
There was no accounting for fresh air, headwind, crosswind, or tailwind.
A tall crosswind sensor was added immediately behind the main gun, the stabilization mechanism was improved with additional gyroscopes and a cant sensor and the all digital FCS was refined further.
During periods of westerly operation, aircraft continue to fly in a westerly direction with an easterly tailwind component of up to convert, if the runway is dry and there is no significant crosswind.
During the landing the crosswind was strong and the S-42 stopped just in time to avoid striking a coral head.
These directions may be different if there is a crosswind or tidal current.
Common combinations with crosswind
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- crosswind or 2×