The gulf is thus well-protected against all but northern winds.

The northern winds long ago conceived it their instrument.

If failure was written on the northern winds nothing else would matter, least of all his life.

A strong northern wind aided the Venetian ships in coming close to the walls.

Due to its location in a valley, the lake is protected from northern and eastern winds.

But the northern wind had brought heavy mist rolling down.

The bise is a northern wind, cold and generally dry.

Many of the villas are built in the hills that rise immediately behind the city to protect them from strong northern winds.

The island has a Mediterranean climate with strong northern winds.

The houses usually have a southern aspect to take advantage of the sun in the winter and to be sheltered from the northern winds.