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Recent Examples of windswept
Paxton's lawsuit claims the company neglected to replace aging utility poles in the windswept Panhandle, some of which were nearly 100 years old and more than twice their typical lifespan of 40 years.
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CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Soon, their low-slung, single-story homes would be overshadowed by condos and mega-hotels, their windswept beaches packed with tourists, the dark sky fractured by lights that would disorient nesting sea turtles.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
Winter storms can turn ordinary coastlines into dramatic landscapes of crashing waves and windswept cliffs.
—Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
This is a frankly majestic imagining of 16th-century feudal Japan filled with paddy fields, winding valleys, windswept plains, and teeming towns all knitted together into a virtual tapestry of striking geographic verisimilitude.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Soon, their low-slung, single-story homes would be overshadowed by condos and mega-hotels, their windswept beaches packed with tourists, the dark sky fractured by lights that would disorient nesting sea turtles.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
Winter storms can turn ordinary coastlines into dramatic landscapes of crashing waves and windswept cliffs.
—Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
This is a frankly majestic imagining of 16th-century feudal Japan filled with paddy fields, winding valleys, windswept plains, and teeming towns all knitted together into a virtual tapestry of striking geographic verisimilitude.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windswept
Adjective
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Old photographs show them on windblown mountain peaks, looking scruffily handsome and nearly indistinguishable.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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The upper blocks throbbed and pulsed a deep blue, reflecting the pond’s windblown currents.—
Jack Korngold,
Rolling Stone,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Regardless of the exact track, expect blustery, cold conditions with wind chills holding in the 10 to 15 degrees range.—
Justin Lewis,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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That may not sound like much, but for the last 5-year measurement (2020-2024) the average was 16 inches, making 27 seem blustery.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Add in a very gusty wind, and feels-like readings will hover in the single digits through most of the day on Tuesday.—
Terry Eliasen,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Additional clipper-like systems are expected over the weekend, bringing more snow chances, gusty winds, and bitterly cold conditions into early next week.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The new Arawak Spa, named for the local indigenous tribe, occupies a breezy former villa with its own serenity pool, and herbal treatments inspired by the island’s first inhabitants.—
Alex Postman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Temperatures aren’t expected to be much better come Saturday, with a high of 12 degrees and breezy conditions, according to AccuWeather.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Tautly written, this first novel by a former criminal lawyer who spent 17 years in the Arctic is a hard look at the desolate lives of people resigned to life in the bleak far north.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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Both Bird and Clausen play this mounting nightmare with the appropriate ache and desperation, elevating the emotional tenor of Chiarella’s sad, frequently bleak film.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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My new possession is the rainbow at the end of a stormy day.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Sit for just a while at a stormy winter beach when few others are there and nature is undisturbed.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Governors in more than a dozen states sounded the alarm about the turbulent weather ahead, declaring emergencies or urging people to stay home.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Recent times have been turbulent.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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There’s also the challenge of on-duty officers having to scrape off their cars in inclement weather if the cars are left outside, the police leaders explained.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Two large front pockets keep my phone and wallet handy and dry—a must for walking around in inclement weather.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windswept. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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