windswept

adjective

wind·​swept ˈwin(d)-ˌswept How to pronounce windswept (audio)
: swept by or as if by wind

Examples of windswept in a Sentence

The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept island almost feels like paradise. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 May 2025 Some six inches shorter than Sasaki and 60 pounds lighter, Inoue left Japan for the first time in 2022, and arrived in Scottsbluff, Neb. on the windswept eastern edge of the Rocky Mountain foothills, population 14,000. Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 29 May 2025 The tongue, an offshoot of Syrian Arabic that has absorbed some Greek, has been passed from generation to generation in this windswept community in Cyprus. Menelaos Hadjicostis, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025 Create to explore contrasting surfaces, the new Essence collection introduces two new textures inspired by windswept ocean fronts. Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for windswept

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of windswept was in 1812

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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

windswept

adjective
wind·​swept -ˌswept How to pronounce windswept (audio)
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach

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