Examples of windswept in a Sentence
The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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For nearly 60 years, a windswept shoreline along the San Mateo County coast near San Gregorio has been known for more than its stunning cliffs and crashing waves.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
This sweet Danish drama follows two devout sisters living in a windswept coastal village in the 1800s.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Related article Records show Los Angeles officials’ early struggles as windswept blazes escalated
Seven feet away, the neighboring home was going up in smoke.
—John Bonifield, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
His performances, at the amphitheater on Thursday night and again Friday at a windswept pier, underscored his magnetism: Fans couldn’t look away from Wilson’s slashing attacks on his acoustic guitar or his lightning-fast footwork.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
This sweet Danish drama follows two devout sisters living in a windswept coastal village in the 1800s.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Related article Records show Los Angeles officials’ early struggles as windswept blazes escalated
Seven feet away, the neighboring home was going up in smoke.
—John Bonifield, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
His performances, at the amphitheater on Thursday night and again Friday at a windswept pier, underscored his magnetism: Fans couldn’t look away from Wilson’s slashing attacks on his acoustic guitar or his lightning-fast footwork.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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