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The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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But Still Chilly Shetland (2013–) Set in the remote, windswept islands of Scotland, where the elements are so harsh there are no trees, the first seven seasons revolve around Detective Jimmy Perez, a lonely and oft-exasperated widower played by Douglas Henshall.
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Andrea Duncan-Mao, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
The South ranges from windswept mountains to the balmy Gulf Coast.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Getting away from daily life, and then replacing it with mountains and windswept bluffs, seemed promising.
—Chris Colin, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
The site looked like the rest of the ice sheet—flat, white, windswept.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
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Andrea Duncan-Mao, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
The South ranges from windswept mountains to the balmy Gulf Coast.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Getting away from daily life, and then replacing it with mountains and windswept bluffs, seemed promising.
—Chris Colin, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
The site looked like the rest of the ice sheet—flat, white, windswept.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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