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The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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But as the day sploshed on, Cam came to resemble more and more a windswept pirate on the cover of a romance novel.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Assateague Island, Maryland/Virginia Assateague in November is wild, windswept, and free of crowds.
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Put her out on the windswept moors!
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
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Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
But as the day sploshed on, Cam came to resemble more and more a windswept pirate on the cover of a romance novel.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Assateague Island, Maryland/Virginia Assateague in November is wild, windswept, and free of crowds.
—Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 7 Oct. 2025
Put her out on the windswept moors!
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for windswept
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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