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Examples of windy in a Sentence
Adjective (1)
one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees
gave his usual windy speech about working for the common people
a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners
Adjective (2)
a windy little creek
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New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
Hot, dry, and windy conditions are especially conducive to rapidly spreading wildfires.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Clearing that path was challenging given windy conditions that prompted the red flag warning.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
The corduroy collar could be flipped up to protect the neck in windy conditions and rest softly on the skin; the big, rounded pockets could hold ducks or shotgun shells.
—Aemilia Madden, refinery29.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
There is also a clip-on wind protector to enhance audio quality when recording in windy conditions, which can be pulled off for underwater use.
—New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
Hot, dry, and windy conditions are especially conducive to rapidly spreading wildfires.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Clearing that path was challenging given windy conditions that prompted the red flag warning.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
The corduroy collar could be flipped up to protect the neck in windy conditions and rest softly on the skin; the big, rounded pockets could hold ducks or shotgun shells.
—Aemilia Madden, refinery29.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windy. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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