wind-shaken
Americanadjective
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affected by windshake.
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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
And around Christmas I would go up in swamp maples, which, in that part of the South, are the best mistletoe trees, especially if they are very old and wind-shaken and lightning-struck and ringed with woodpecker holes and dead at the top, and gather armfuls of mistletoe and take some of it home and some of it to school.
From The New Yorker
XX I dance: I exist in motion: A wind-shaken flower spilling my drops in the sunlight.
From Project Gutenberg
Little trails of it blew up under foot and were lost among the wind-shaken shadows.
From Project Gutenberg
March in Ireland can be a very lovely month, if you like your air rain-washed and your light wind-shaken.
From The Guardian
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