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 ● 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
We are baffled and caught in the current and bruised upon edges of shoals; As weeds or as reeds in the torrent of things are the wind-shaken souls.
From Songs Before Sunrise by Algernon Charles Swinburne
While mourning you, my poor instincts discovered you in the wind-shaken trees, and in the gaiety of the sun, and the flowers that May gives us.
From The Lake by George (George Augustus) Moore
His heart was fluttering like a wind-shaken aspen-leaf; and Hilda's eyes were dimming visibly with a tender moisture.
From Philistia by Grant Allen
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