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Sentence Examples
Here the winters are the mildest in the country and the summer heat is tempered by sea breezes and the persistent etesian wind.
The eastern basin, however, experiences the hot and dry north and northeast summer winds called etesian by the ancient Greeks.
In other regions, such as Crete, the hot, dry summers are accentuated by the parching meltemi, or etesian winds, which become drier as they are drawn southward.
Examples from Classical Literature
Their winter sets in when the etesian winds begin to blow, and the remaining season is summer.
The etesian winds made it impossible to bring up renforcements, and Csar's force was very small.
Those which blow constantly at certain seasons of the year, as monsoon, trade, and etesian winds.
The etesian winds blew fresh in summer from the north, across the sea, and refreshed the people in their gardens.
There the air is still, particularly when the etesian winds cool the other parts of the country which are burnt up by heat.
And at dawn the etesian winds blew strongly, which by the command of Zeus blow over every land equally.
From about the twentieth of July to the end of August the famous etesian winds ordinarily blew steadily from the west.
The Greek and Latin historians do not speak favourably of it, and Strabo says it is very dangerous during the Etesian winds and in the rainy season.
