windswept

/ ˈwɪndˌswɛpt /

adjective

1. open to or swept by the wind
2. another word for windblown

Example Sentences

There was considerable drinking and smoking in the crowd, making the environment akin to some sort of right-wing Shakedown Street and even on the windswept midtown street the smell of tobacco hung over the crowd.

From Salon

Rushmore; with his windswept hair and his craggy face, the singer and songwriter also looked like a guy meant for sculpted eternity.

From Los Angeles Times

The New York Times decided that Smith & Dench "sink into their roles as comfortably as house cats burrowing into a down quilt on a windswept, rainy night".

From BBC

And if ever there was a sign that Morgan was ready to move on from the sport that had long defined her life, that conversation on a windswept bluff overlooking the 5 Freeway was it.

From Los Angeles Times

The killings occurred in East London, a city in South Africa’s windswept Eastern Cape.

From BBC

Related Words

• blustery
• boisterous
• brisk
• gusty
• stormy