windblown

Definition of windblownnext

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of windblown The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a windblown dust advisory for much of the Inland Empire and Orange County, as well as Long Beach and the surrounding area. Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026 On Long Island, where open farm fields can expose roads to snowdrifts, highway superintendents are preparing by checking snow fences, which help trap windblown snow, and readying large snow-blowing trucks. Anusha Mathur, NPR, 24 Jan. 2026 The upper blocks throbbed and pulsed a deep blue, reflecting the pond’s windblown currents. Jack Korngold, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025 In California, an air quality alert has been issued due to harmful levels of particle pollution from windblown dust in the Coachella Valley. Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for windblown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windblown
Adjective
  • Models’ hair — some adorned with a colorful butterfly — at Sean Suen looked windswept.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 30 June 2026
  • Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • Drought and unusually hot, gusty winds that reached up to 60 mph over the weekend have transformed the area into a tinderbox where more than 28,000 acres have already been scorched.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
  • Hundreds of firefighters have been arriving in the arid state to battle new starts as well as those that have been growing because of what forecasters called critical fire weather — dangerously low humidity levels, warm temperatures and gusty winds.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 June 2026
Adjective
  • Editor-in-chief Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson) is a mix of blustery Michael Scott naivete and Jim Halpert everyman likability in his attempts to resurrect the struggling Toledo Truth Teller.
    Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026
  • The blustery weather comes on the heels of an EF-1 tornado that ripped through the town of Freeland, Michigan, about 13 miles north of Saginaw, on Tuesday afternoon.
    Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • There’s a breezy beach dress for $6, as well as a travel tote complete with a matching accessory.
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • For a fresh summer look, opt for breezy blue satin slip dress for summer cocktails.
    Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 2 July 2026

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“Windblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windblown. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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