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wind-shaken

American  
[wind-shey-kuhn] / ˈwɪndˌʃeɪ kən /

adjective

  1. affected by windshake.

  2. shaken by the wind.


Etymology

Origin of wind-shaken

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

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Its large flat circle acted as a screen for the wavering shadows cast by the wind-shaken oak leaves, while the piece’s own narrow shadows turned its support beams into a vibrating black-and-white drawing.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2017

March in Ireland can be a very lovely month, if you like your air rain-washed and your light wind-shaken.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2011

His heart was fluttering like a wind-shaken aspen-leaf; and Hilda's eyes were dimming visibly with a tender moisture.

From Philistia by Allen, Grant

No rifle shot was heard; no skulking foe, suddenly detected, was caught trying to escape;—though many a wind-shaken bush, doubtless, was taken for a dodging rebel, and many a stump threateningly ordered to halt!

From Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 by Lockwood, John

Little trails of it blew up under foot and were lost among the wind-shaken shadows.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter

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