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n. (plural of weathervane English)
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Weathervanes is the debut studio album by the American indie pop group Freelance Whales. The album was released on December 29, 2009.
The song "Generator ^ First Floor" was used to help launch the new Twitter redesign on September 14, 2010, and was made available for free download. 1 The same song also appeared in a Starbucks commercial, which first aired in March 2011. 2
The song "Generator ^ Second Floor" was used in the second episode of the USA Network series Covert Affairs, during the scene where Auggie teaches Annie how to fight.
The song "Starring" was used in the series premiere episode of MTV's 2012 adaptation of The Inbetweeners, which aired on August 20, 2012. "Starring" plays during the cafeteria scene, when Carly speaks to Simon. 3 The song "We Could be Friends" was used in the 12th episode of Ugly Betty titled "Blackout".
Usage examples of "weathervanes".
I could hear the waves hitting the beach, and the squeaky sound of those weathervanes turning on top of the Agincourt's towers.
Looking at it, Jack saw the weathervanes spin in contradictory directions, the turrets and gambrels rise like warts into the gray air.
The brass weathervanes, wolf and crow and snake and circular cryptic designs Jack did not recognize, swung about to contradictory winds.
Now there was only the sound of the weathervanes — cabalistic brass designs spinning restlessly in the sky.
And the sun glared on the many windows that surrounded the square, on the weathervanes turning on the gabled roofs, on the hot dusty panorama of village life – into which we had passed again.