wind-broken
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of wind-broken
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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Champion mares bred to champion stallions have dropped foals that resembled neither parent in any respect except having four legs; the offspring have been pigeontoed, rough-kneed, cow-hocked, swaybacked, puny, soft-boned and wind-broken.
From Time Magazine Archive
He knows from wind-broken experience that setting a new record for the indoor mile may be the only way to defeat The Delany.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was badly wind-broken, and at stated intervals, of several minutes each, her back, from the spasmodic action of the lungs, heaved up with a jerk, as though she was trying to kick, and couldn’t.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
One who had seen her on the day the boy brought her home, would scarcely have recognized in her the old, wind-broken skeleton that she had appeared two weeks previously.
From The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim by Patchin, Frank Gee
They are old, wind-broken, incapable of carrying a big message.
From Business Correspondence by Anonymous
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