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The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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In such an intimate, pensive atmosphere, characters emerge gradually out of the rugged landscape like windswept trees or weathered stones.
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Adventure intel: Hiking and mountain biking across the windswept plateau are the main draw in the region and a five-mile trek in Pastos Grandes is a highlight (which feels a lot longer at 16,000 feet).
—Chloe Berge, Outside Online, 17 June 2025
Sometimes they’re tucked away on a windswept coastline, quietly telling stories through stone and sheep.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
No complicated layers or fancy highlights, just healthy shoulder-length hair and windswept side bangs.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 3 June 2025
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Adventure intel: Hiking and mountain biking across the windswept plateau are the main draw in the region and a five-mile trek in Pastos Grandes is a highlight (which feels a lot longer at 16,000 feet).
—Chloe Berge, Outside Online, 17 June 2025
Sometimes they’re tucked away on a windswept coastline, quietly telling stories through stone and sheep.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
No complicated layers or fancy highlights, just healthy shoulder-length hair and windswept side bangs.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 3 June 2025
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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