wind-shaken

[ wind-shey-kuhn ]

/ ˈwɪndˌʃeɪ kən /

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adjective

affected by windshake.

shaken by the wind.

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Origin of wind-shaken

First recorded in 1540–50

I still wonder what my wife thinks about her big courageous man coming home shaken, seeing my tears for the first time.
The Day I Used Eric Garner’s Voice|Joshua DuBois|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The teenager was shaken by the incident, and his father remembers having to console him for hours that day.
In Jerusalem Home Demolitions, the Biblical Justice of Revenge|Creede Newton|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Increasingly, as these industries develop, on-site solar and wind is a way of guaranteeing a lower price for electricity.
Solar Powered Ski Lift|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“This has shaken me up, of course,” Aielli told reporters Friday as she went back to work.
Days of Mafia Mayhem Are Wracking Italy Once Again|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Houthis have done exactly this and have shaken the already fragile government of Yemen to its foundations.
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster|Michael Shank , Casey Harrity|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
But there was a breeze blowing, a choppy, stiff wind that whipped the water into froth.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The man that giveth heed to lying visions, is like to him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
It was a cloudy, stormy evening: high wind was blowing, and the branches of the trees groaned and creaked above our heads.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He hardly recognised himself, for, the foundations being shaken, all that was built upon them trembled too.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood