wind-swept

[wind-swept]

adjective

Origin of wind-swept

First recorded in 1805–15

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Imagine, then, standing on this wind-swept height as Rimbaud did, almost out of your mind with the sheer power of your mind.
When Your Hero’s an SOB
Bruce Duffy
August 1, 2011

It had three wind-swept trees on top and I stood just in front of them.
The Harbor
Ernest Poole
There was no fire in this wind-swept chamber of Auntie Jan's.
Jan and Her Job
L. Allen Harker
Below him was a shrinking, dwindling landscape, wind-swept and desolate.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930
Various
What is the cost of a day in Spring—A wind-swept, rain-washed golden day?
With the Colors
Everard Jack Appleton
Do I not know that wind-swept hilltop, those grassy avenues?
Four Americans
Henry A. Beers