31.   Later that week, the winds began to drop, prompting hopes the worst was over.

32.   One year has done nothing to erase the pit-of-the-stomach dread she feels whenever the wind begins to howl.

33.   She completed the round steadily as the wind began to pick up, confident with her drives and approach shots, certain in her putting.

34.   She keeps staring long after the coffee is gone, long after the wind begins to nibble at her bare legs beneath a long skirt sprinkled with faded roses.

35.   Some provide stony backdrops for ornamental grasses that wave when the cold north winds begin to blow.

36.   The early season cold snap in the Northeast will moderate Friday as clouds increase and winds begin to blow from the South.

37.   The political winds began to shift again last spring with the election of Silvio Berlusconi as prime minister.

38.   The Southeast Coast will stay rather dull as surface winds begin to blow from the northeast behind the cold front.

39.   The wind began slowly and soon was ripping her poncho into shreds.

40.   The wind began to blow the boat toward a cement wall.