Wondering how to use Updraft in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as draft or draught.
Updraft meaning
an upward current of air, especially a strong one
Using Updraft
- The main meaning on this page is: an upward current of air, especially a strong one
- Useful related words include: draft, draught.
- In the example corpus, updraft often appears in combinations such as: the updraft, rotating updraft, updraft is.
Context around Updraft
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Updraft
- In this selection, "updraft" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rotating, strong, thermal, dissipates, kiln and intensifies stand out and add context to how "updraft" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a rotating updraft between 50 and a strong updraft that propels. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "updraft" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with updraft
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An updraft kiln has shelves that trap heat. (8 words)
There's a huge thermal updraft of pure carbon that's burning. (12 words)
Some small propeller-driven aircraft engines still use the updraft carburetor design. (12 words)
Since a green/blue tint signifies copious amounts of water, a strong updraft to support it, high winds from the storm raining out, and wet hail; all elements that improve the chance for it to become severe, can all be inferred from this. (43 words)
Most significant tornadoes form under the storm's updraft base, which is rain-free, citation making them visible. citation Also, most tornadoes occur in the late afternoon, when the bright sun can penetrate even the thickest clouds. (37 words)
They form when cumulus congestus clouds develop a strong updraft that propels their tops higher and higher into the atmosphere until they reach the tropopause at convert in altitude. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
The updraft dissipates and the hailstones fall down, back into the updraft, and are lifted up again.
In a tweet the Met Office said: “We know from our Dopplar radar that it had a strong rotating updraft.
So, the combination ends up creating a fairly powerful, sort of updraft on the SaaS margins over time.
There's a huge thermal updraft of pure carbon that's burning.
An updraft kiln has shelves that trap heat.
As the now un-powered aircraft completed its final descent, it could rise back into the air with the slightest updraft.
As the updraft intensifies, it creates an area of low pressure at the surface.
Dust devils form as a swirling updraft under sunny conditions during fair weather, rarely coming close to the intensity of a tornado.
Hailstones can be very large or very small, depending on how strong the updraft is: weaker hailstorms produce smaller hailstones than stronger hailstorms (such as supercells ).
Most significant tornadoes form under the storm's updraft base, which is rain-free, citation making them visible. citation Also, most tornadoes occur in the late afternoon, when the bright sun can penetrate even the thickest clouds.
Most storm cells die after about 20 minutes, when the precipitation causes more downdraft than updraft, causing the energy to dissipate.
Older engines used updraft carburetors, where the air enters from below the carburetor and exits through the top.
Since a green/blue tint signifies copious amounts of water, a strong updraft to support it, high winds from the storm raining out, and wet hail; all elements that improve the chance for it to become severe, can all be inferred from this.
Some cooling towers operate on this principle; similarly the solar updraft tower is a proposed device to generate electricity based on the stack effect.
Some small propeller-driven aircraft engines still use the updraft carburetor design.
Steam devils main A steam devil is a rotating updraft between 50 and 200 meters wide that involves steam or smoke.
The storm's updraft blows the hailstones to the upper part of the cloud.
They form when a strong convective updraft is formed near the ground on a hot day.
They form when cumulus congestus clouds develop a strong updraft that propels their tops higher and higher into the atmosphere until they reach the tropopause at convert in altitude.
This means that generally the larger hailstones will form some distance from the stronger updraft where they can pass more time growing.
Common combinations with updraft
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the updraft 5×
- rotating updraft 2×
- updraft is 2×
- storm's updraft 2×
- strong updraft 2×