wind-swept
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of wind-swept
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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These derelict streets, wind-swept by the bracing North Sea air, were once the envy of the community, teeming with life.
From BBC
Wind-swept Catherine is as constrained by societal mores as geographic ones.
From Los Angeles Times
Fishburn had three birdies and an eagle on the first five holes at wind-swept TPC Louisiana, where the wind gusted to 25 mph.
From Seattle Times
Surprisingly, the authors discovered that the wind-swept sand deposits of the Late Cretaceous Gobi Desert's extraordinarily diverse and well-preserved fossil lizard record shapes our understanding of their evolutionary history more than any other site on the planet.
From Science Daily
The battle has spawned a good bit of anxiety in Trona, a withering town of 1,500 residents in a wind-swept bowl hugged by three rugged mountain ranges that relies on groundwater supplied by Searles Valley Minerals.
From Los Angeles Times
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