"Wind-swept" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples
"Wind-swept" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
"Wind-swept" Meaning
Exposed to or affected by strong and often piercing winds, often to the point of leaving someone or something looking disheveled, rough, or worn.
Example: "The wind-swept landscape was desolate and treeless."
"Wind-swept" Examples
1. The windy roads made the trees so badly wind-swept that some almost lost their branches stuck to the cliff.
2. The tourists found the wind-swept beach a bit unpleasant despite its beauty, complaining that the cold wind was biting.
3. The abandoned and wind-swept structures along the hills embraced both sadness and irony as their once brilliant buildings now stood with nothing left to salvage.
4. The famous film was set in a holy place but had risen from contrasting elements: from nature's serene aspect to a wickedly wind-swept season.
5. She wore her scarf tightly over her neck, grumbling that it wasn't pleasant to walk on such a windy day, having to endure the wind's merciless grip.
"Wind-swept" Similar Words
Winching
To pull in something, such as a rope, cable, etc., using a winch, which is a mechanical device, especially with a horizontal or vertical drum or roller around which a rope or cable is wound.
Winchmore
Winchmore can refer to:<br><br>1. A type of medieval land measurement, equivalent to a unit of taxable land.<br>2. A surname of English origin, possibly derived from Winnicumbe or Wincomber, a place in Devon, England.<br>3. Winchmore Street, a street in Camden, London.<br>4. A seat of the danse serpentine on a jig mantreated bottom curl.
Wincing
Wincing is a verb that means to shrink back or pull away from something in pain or discomfort, or to make a facial expression that shows one is in pain or disapproval. It can also mean to express a feeling of disgust or distaste, often in a subtle or faint way.<br><br>Example sentences:<br><br> She winced as she kissed Sam on the wooden lips of the scarecrow.<br> The child winced at the loud noise.<br> The film's graphics made some viewers wince at the virtual reality effect.
Wincopipe
Wind-chimes
Wind-driven
Wind-surfing
Wind-turbines
Wind-up
Wind
Wind is the movement of air in the atmosphere. It is caused by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface by the sun, which creates differences in air pressure. The movement of air from high to low pressure areas is what we feel as wind.
Windage
Windas
Windbag
Someone who talks a lot, often about unimportant or trivial matters, and tends to be tedious or boring in doing so.
Windbags
People who are talkative or boastful, but often saying something completely empty or lacking in sense.
Windborne