Examples of windy in a Sentence
Adjective (1)
one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees
gave his usual windy speech about working for the common people
a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners
Adjective (2)
a windy little creek
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Light Layers The fickle nature of spring means that a beautiful sunny day can turn cold, windy, and spitting with rain at the drop of a hat.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2026
In winter when tree limbs become heavy with ice and snow and the weather can be especially windy, tree placement is often on people's minds.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026
Maryland will see snow showers on Friday before dangerously cold and windy weather sets in on Saturday.
—Steven Sosna, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Lionel Messi and his teammates, who trained in windy 50-degree weather Friday morning, were headed to Ecuador later in the day for a preseason game Saturday against Barcelona de Guayaquil.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Light Layers The fickle nature of spring means that a beautiful sunny day can turn cold, windy, and spitting with rain at the drop of a hat.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2026
In winter when tree limbs become heavy with ice and snow and the weather can be especially windy, tree placement is often on people's minds.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026
Maryland will see snow showers on Friday before dangerously cold and windy weather sets in on Saturday.
—Steven Sosna, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windy. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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