wind-swept
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 • Feb. 17, 2026
The town’s economy has long relied on a modest, steady flow of visitors drawn to its red-rock canyons, coursing San Juan River, and wind-swept solitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023
About 30 countries operate dozens of research bases of varying sizes and capabilities on the barren, wind-swept continent.
From Washington Times • Jan. 24, 2023
Each advanced Saturday in the $612,000 event, played in sunny, wind-swept conditions at San Diego’s Barnes Tennis Center.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2022
It was on the top of a wind-swept cliff purged to the bone by the airs of the Atlantic, under which the little fishing village nestled among the dunes.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
