mountain wind
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mountain wind
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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A mountain wind alters the ball’s path to the right fielder.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2022
The whites, made of local grapes like altesse, mondeuse blanche and jacquère, all seem to have a breezy, cool feel to them, as if a fresh mountain wind were blowing right at you.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2021
For centuries, people in the Alps have attributed health issues, headaches in particular, to the mountain wind known as the Foehn.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2017
Parts of it had been beaten off by the strong mountain wind and had caught on the huckleberry vines.
From Time Magazine Archive
And there was a sound like mountain wind, a sound so high it could drive you crazy.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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