The boat was unable to make headway against a very strong westerly breeze.
In a light westerly breeze that is, straight off the desert.
However, fresh westerly breezes soon began breaking up the "good formation" enjoyed since the voyage had begun.
There was also a gentle westerly breeze, but Clark thought he could hear the ghosts of war here.
A westerly breeze drove them easily through the sea.
The hot Texas sun was high in a sky of wispy white clouds and a gentle westerly breeze stirred the air.
A nice westerly breeze would have blown everything over the German lines.
The sea had been relatively calm, with small white caps licked by the westerly breeze.
There were blackthorns, bent a bit from the continual stream of the westerly breeze.
The dust seemed to take forever to sink to the ground or disperse on the westerly breeze.