wind-shaken

[ wind-shey-kuhn ]

adjective

1. affected by windshake.
2. shaken by the wind.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wind-shaken¹

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

Many a night the cliffs repeated the restlessness of the wind-shaken water until the sun quieted all with light.

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Into this bay, like petals from a wind-shaken blossom tree, are dropped hundreds of islands.

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It can hardly be said to be wind-shaken, for there is not enough solid timber in it to be affected in that way.

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Ah, Pyrrha, there's no light Falls from thine eye that does not sway me like A bee in rose wind-shaken.

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Suddenly an apple dropped from a wind-shaken bough and fell at our feet.

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