Synonyms for windblown


Grammar : Adj
Spell : wind-blohn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪndˌbloʊn


Définition of windblown

  • As in blown : adj buffeted
Example sentences :
  • Her hair was windblown and her face rose-flushed from her run.
  • Extract from : « Chicken Little Jane on the Big John » by Lily Munsell Ritchie
  • He was a little road-crazed and windblown today, not like she remembered him from Orlando.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • Nearest the sea was the grave on the windblown, barren cliff.
  • Extract from : « The Unknown Sea » by Clemence Housman
  • This is set upon sandstone rock whose sharper features have been worn smooth by the wash of the windblown sand.
  • Extract from : « From Sea to Sea » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Over the flowering hawthorn the moon stood like a windblown white rose of the heavens.
  • Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Years passed, and the loose soil, the windblown dust, the grass and fallen leaves covered the articles from sight.
  • Extract from : « History of the Donner Party » by C.F. McGlashan
  • The suns float past like windblown golden dust—like the countless lamps of boats upon the bosom of a summer sea.
  • Extract from : « Stella Fregelius » by H. Rider Haggard
  • For a month each winter, cold rains from the east lashed the desert; for the rest of the year, it was swept by windblown sand.
  • Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
  • New floors had been laid down upon the debris and windblown sand which partially filled some of the older rooms.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Ruins National Monument--New Mexico » by John M. Corbett
  • Throughout all the rooms he dug, he found sterile layers of windblown sand and ruined debris from falling walls and ceilings.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Ruins National Monument--New Mexico » by John M. Corbett

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