windswept

A few minutes later, Rachel invited Birdsall in to throw the switch, and the sign blinked to life over the windswept desert.

When you travel to windswept Narva, in northern Estonia, you see why the country feels so exposed.

Homeowners can replace porous vents with fire-resistant ones designed to keep out windswept embers, and install ember-resistant gutter guards that allow rainwater but stop vegetation from piling up on the roofline.

In a windswept corner we came across a woman willing to talk - Saida Temirbulatova, 47, a former tax inspector from Dagestan.

There was considerable drinking and smoking in the crowd, making the environment akin to some sort of right-wing Shakedown Street and even on the windswept midtown street the smell of tobacco hung over the crowd.