windblown
adjective
wind·blown
ˈwin(d)-ˌblōn 
: blown by the wind
especially
: having a permanent set or character of growth determined by the prevailing winds
windblown trees
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In reviewing the data, researchers noticed a sizable build-up of windblown sand corresponding to a major drought known to occur near that same time.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 May 2024
The windblown ice tends to look blue compared with the surrounding surface snow.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
How to Catch Crappie in Windy Conditions Wave action creates cloudy water perfect for ambushes, and crappie emerge from channels to prey on bait feeding on windblown plankton.
—Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
Starving except for a few dates, they were exposed to windblown sands that scraped them like sandpaper, a relentless sun that burned and blistered their faces, and swarms of flies that enveloped and tormented them.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 May 2024
The windblown ice tends to look blue compared with the surrounding surface snow.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
How to Catch Crappie in Windy Conditions Wave action creates cloudy water perfect for ambushes, and crappie emerge from channels to prey on bait feeding on windblown plankton.
—Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
Starving except for a few dates, they were exposed to windblown sands that scraped them like sandpaper, a relentless sun that burned and blistered their faces, and swarms of flies that enveloped and tormented them.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
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windblown
adjective
wind·blown
ˈwin(d)-ˌblōn
: blown or looking as if blown by the wind
windblown seeds
windblown streets
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