windswept

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Recent Examples of windswept It was filmed on location in Ireland, making use of its gorgeous, windswept island coasts. Jack Smart, People.com, 21 May 2025 The windswept Scottish island Jura is another of the places where Peck gathered footage, to poignant effect. Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025 Weiss rarely had cause to go the windswept surface. Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025 The album, itself named after a perfume, taps into her trademark skill for turning misty, windswept synths into lush backdrops for heavenly melodies to thunderbolt right into. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for windswept
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windswept
Adjective
  • Along the dry shorelines, windblown dust contributes to harmful air pollution in low-income, predominantly Latino communities, where people suffer from asthma and other respiratory illnesses at high rates.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
  • In California, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued an alert through 11:59 p.m. Friday for the Coachella Valley because of high levels of particle pollution from windblown dust.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Button it up and wear it as a top with wide-leg pants and toss it over a strappy maxi dress on breezy evenings.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
  • When temperatures rise, opt for this breezy mini shirtdress.
    Isabel Garcia, People.com, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • At the same time, others who attended this year’s California Democratic Party Convention dismissed any notion that the future of the Democratic Party is bleak.
    Linh Tat, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
  • The early options on the GOP side are bleak: Neither Donalds nor Casey DeSantis, the governor’s wife who’s said to be interested in succeeding him, is the moderate Florida so desperately needs now.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Navigated through it all, a steady ship in a stormy sea.
    Michael Hodges, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
  • The cold winds of a nor'easter are most common from September to April, but New England could see the cold, stormy blast with 50 mph winds deep into May.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • President Donald Trump’s turbulent tariff policy is projected to cause a sharper slowdown in economic growth in the United States and around the world than previously expected, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) found in a Tuesday report.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 3 June 2025
  • This turbulent phase will pass, leading to more peaceful times ahead.
    Essence, Essence, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • The all-wheel-drive system is ready for handling inclement weather and has been a long-term Volvo mainstay.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
  • The app has the option of selecting notifications for specific features such as inclement weather, council meetings, parks and recreation and more.
    Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025

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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windswept. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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