Get to know Updrafts better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Updrafts meaning
plural of updraft
Using Updrafts
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of updraft
- In the example corpus, updrafts often appears in combinations such as: strong updrafts, thermal updrafts, the updrafts.
Context around Updrafts
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Updrafts
- In this selection, "updrafts" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, strong, thermal, sustained, perform, created and sometimes stand out and add context to how "updrafts" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in thermal updrafts perform aerobatics and ascend in updrafts created by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "updrafts" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with updrafts
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lightning occurs during storms with strong updrafts. (7 words)
Storms that produce tornadoes can feature intense updrafts, sometimes exceeding convert. (11 words)
Many gliders can 'soar' – gain height from updrafts such as thermal currents. (12 words)
The best times to watch are early morning, when migratory birds land to stock up on food after traveling all night, as well as in the afternoon, when birds of prey hitch a ride on updrafts of warm air rising from the city. (43 words)
By the 1980s this ratio significantly improved, and since then pilots can soar for hours, gain thousands of metres of altitude in thermal updrafts, perform aerobatics, and glide cross-country for hundreds of kilometres. (34 words)
This may take at least 30 minutes based on the force of the updrafts in the hail-producing thunderstorm, whose top is usually greater than 10 km high. (28 words)
Example sentences (13)
An eagle riding the updrafts along the valley slid by nearly sideways overhead but I didn’t see it soon enough to grab a picture.
They mainly occur in desert and semi-arid areas, where the ground is dry and high surface temperatures produce strong updrafts.
But as with any thunderstorm, the convective cells in a hurricane create strong updrafts.
Lightning occurs during storms with strong updrafts.
The best times to watch are early morning, when migratory birds land to stock up on food after traveling all night, as well as in the afternoon, when birds of prey hitch a ride on updrafts of warm air rising from the city.
They catch the hot chimneys of thermal updrafts, and travel hundreds of kilometres, gliding with an enviable ease.
But there will be enough shear for sustained updrafts and some storm organization.
By the 1980s this ratio significantly improved, and since then pilots can soar for hours, gain thousands of metres of altitude in thermal updrafts, perform aerobatics, and glide cross-country for hundreds of kilometres.
During migration, it may ascend in a thermal and then glide down, or may ascend in updrafts created by the wind against a cliff or other terrain.
Many gliders can 'soar' – gain height from updrafts such as thermal currents.
Pilots have the ability to soar for hours, gain thousands of metres of altitude in thermal updrafts, perform aerobatics, and glide cross-country for hundreds of kilometres.
Storms that produce tornadoes can feature intense updrafts, sometimes exceeding convert.
This may take at least 30 minutes based on the force of the updrafts in the hail-producing thunderstorm, whose top is usually greater than 10 km high.
Common combinations with updrafts
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: