How To Use Close to the wind In A Sentence

Max warned her she was sailing dangerously close to the wind and risked prosecution.
Susan sat on a chair close to the window.
He gripped the wheel tightly and held his face quite close to the windscreen.
He never actually tells lies, but he often sails pretty close to the wind.
sailing close to the wind

This meant they could both quickly catch up to and quickly flee from square-rigged vessels when sailing close to the wind.
'T's wut I call bein' desput keerful, an 'sailin' pooty consid'able close to the wind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864
Now she was sitting as close to the window as possible while Jake and Mindy insisted on making goo-goo eyes at each other before starting off to the lake.
I had my face close to the window, craning my neck to scan.
Max warned her she was sailing dangerously close to the wind and risked prosecution.