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The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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Perched high above the lake on a windswept promontory, the Swiss chalet-style lodge feels like a clifftop castle.
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Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
Zhao’s first three features were steeped in documentary realism, shot with a sturdy, windswept lyricism and abounding in nonprofessional actors.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Runners come from all over the world to race through the thin air and windswept canyons of Mustang.
—Joe Baur, Outside, 31 Oct. 2025
From hidden groves and quiet trails to windswept shores and off-the-beaten paths, these locations were chosen for their ability to offer visitors a true escape — places to unwind and enjoy moments of solitude and peace away from the crowds.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
Zhao’s first three features were steeped in documentary realism, shot with a sturdy, windswept lyricism and abounding in nonprofessional actors.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Runners come from all over the world to race through the thin air and windswept canyons of Mustang.
—Joe Baur, Outside, 31 Oct. 2025
From hidden groves and quiet trails to windswept shores and off-the-beaten paths, these locations were chosen for their ability to offer visitors a true escape — places to unwind and enjoy moments of solitude and peace away from the crowds.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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