BREEZE in a Sentence

Learn BREEZE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

135 example sentences for BREEZE, such as:

1. A cold breeze was blowing hard.
2. A light breeze came off the sea.
3. A stiff breeze made the sails bag out.
4. A fresh breeze puffed across the lake.
5. She let the gentle breeze cool her face.

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 Meanings and Examples of BREEZE
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breeze
 n.  light current of air; gentle wind; progress swiftly and effortlessly
Classic Sentence: (119 in 8 pages)
1  He kept his eyes fixed on her, marvelling at the way her face changed with each turn of their talk, like a wheat-field under a summer breeze.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  As they entered it the breeze fell and a warm stillness seemed to drop from the branches with the dropping needles.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  There was a faint wild fragrance of sweet shrub on the breeze and the world smelled good enough to eat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  Scarlett knew that the fragrance carried on the faint breeze came from the grove of great oaks in the rear of the big house.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  Occasionally when the slight breeze veered, puffs of smoke from the long barbecue pits floated over the crowd and were greeted with squeals of mock dismay from the ladies and violent flappings of palmetto fans.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  A faint hot breeze that had sprung up bore the smell of smoke to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  It was a lovely afternoon, sunny but not too hot, bright but not glaring, and the warm breeze that rustled the trees along Peachtree Street made the plumes on Scarlett's bonnet dance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
8  A breeze had sprung up, swaying inward the muslin curtains, and bringing a fresh scent of mignonette and petunias from the flower-box on the balcony.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
9  It would not have surprised them to feel a summer breeze on their faces, or to see the lights among the boughs reduplicated in the arch of a starry sky.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
10  A breeze shivered across the agate lake.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
11  The breeze flowed round the boat in a chill current.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
12  Gaining the more open water, the bracing breeze waxed fresh; the little Moss tossed the quick foam from her bows, as a young colt his snortings.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
13  Ship and boat diverged; the cold, damp night breeze blew between; a screaming gull flew overhead; the two hulls wildly rolled; we gave three heavy-hearted cheers, and blindly plunged like fate into the lone Atlantic.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas.
14  He commanded the upper sails to be well hoisted, sheeted home anew, and every way expanded to the breeze.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
15  Hand in hand, ship and breeze blew on; but the breeze came faster than the ship, and soon the Pequod began to rock.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  A stiff breeze made the sails bag out.
2  A cold breeze was blowing hard.
3  She let the gentle breeze cool her face.
4  We soon see a field of wheat undulate in the breeze.
5  A fresh breeze puffed across the lake.
6  A light breeze came off the sea.
7  A light breeze ruffled the surface of the lake.
8  He saw the weathervane spinning madly in the powerful breeze.
9  They expected me to sit up and shoot the breeze with them till one or two in the morning.
10  There is a breath of spring in the gentle breeze.
11  A breeze rippled the surface of the pond.
12  Tomorrow Night: A light but steady breeze from the southwest keeps temperatures warmer than tonight.
13  The flags ruffle in the breeze; you can recognize them although not very easily.
14  A balmy breeze refreshed us after the sultry blast.
15  Bea basked in the balmy vernal breezes, happy that winter was coming to an end.