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TOEFL BNC: 18935 COCA: 18045

windswept

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windswept /ˈwɪndˌswɛpt/ adjective
windswept
/ˈwɪndˌswɛpt/
adjective
Learner's definition of WINDSWEPT
[more windswept; most windswept]
: exposed to strong winds暴露在强风中的
: made messy by the wind被风吹乱的
TOEFL BNC: 18935 COCA: 18045

windswept

adjective

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

Example Sentences

The sailors looked windswept and tired.
Recent Examples on the Web In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2022 Gibbons said the new design will break up the giant wall that now faces D Street, and bring more vibrancy to that windswept stretch of South Boston. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2022 Bolivia spent about $900 million on a factory and other infrastructure to extract lithium from the windswept Uyuni salt flat in Potosi, Bolivia’s poorest state and where the Spanish Empire once pillaged for silver. Ryan Dube, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 For decades, onscreen depictions of Indian life largely consisted of a tragic Native man reining in his horse on a windswept southwestern plain or, worse, standing on a roadside crying at the sight of litter. David Treuer, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2022 About the size of a low-slung compact sedan and shaped like a windswept teardrop, its tiny, bubble-like frontal area contrasts with a substantial side profile that stretches over a 110.2-inch wheelbase. Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 24 July 2022 The sparsely-populated municipality on a windswept Arctic island has attracted some of the country’s richest citizens by cutting its share of Norway’s wealth tax for 2021 and beyond. David Nikel, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021 An aspiring dancer, Hawn first came into public view in the mid-’60s with a windswept blonde bob that paired perfectly with a set of kittenish flicks. Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 21 July 2022 After an African libation ceremony honoring the dead, kayaker John Dahlen carried a wreath away from the shoreline and released it on the windswept waters of the Mobile River. al, 9 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of windswept was in 1812
TOEFL BNC: 18935 COCA: 18045

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