windswept
Example Sentences
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The Victorian-era town with dramatic cliffs is on the windswept northeast coast and was developed as a resort by a Quaker mining and railroad magnate in 1861.
Out on this windswept fell, she felt exposed, like a caterpillar dangling on a thread.
From Literature
"Set within a wild, windswept moorland, King and Queen took on a new life," said Alice Murray of auctioneers Christie's.
From BBC
The event has been held at the picturesque and often windswept waterfront circuit some two hours outside of Melbourne since 1997, but its contract expires this year.
From Barron's
Constable’s famously crusted, white-flecked surfaces, as seen in this painting’s coarsely textured beams and choppy canal water, and in its windswept, cloud-filled skies, became touchstones in his work.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
