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
For each dim form of marble rare, Bent a wind-broken reed; So hangs on autumn-field, long-bare, Some tall and straggling weed.
From A Hidden Life and Other Poems by MacDonald, George
The race which had flushed the girl's cheeks and deepened her breathing, left the fat squatter wind-broken and exhausted.
From The Secret of the Storm Country by Hitchcock, Lucius W.
No, but if they turned up next Sunday, wind-broken, and with nice large patches of hair rubbed from their sides, you would be!
From Laddie; a true blue story by Stratton-Porter, Gene
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