Examples of windswept in a Sentence
The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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California purchased the swath of rocky cliffs and windswept shoreline in the 1960s to expand the construction of Highway 1 and create a scenic viewpoint for highway travelers, according to a California Coastal Commission report.
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Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
Instead of sheer cliffs and waterfalls, the landscape is open and often windswept.
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David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Models’ hair — some adorned with a colorful butterfly — at Sean Suen looked windswept.
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Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
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Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
Instead of sheer cliffs and waterfalls, the landscape is open and often windswept.
—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Models’ hair — some adorned with a colorful butterfly — at Sean Suen looked windswept.
—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns.
—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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