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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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 23 May 2025
The sun’s heat causes lines to sag more on sunny days, while increased airflow on windy days cools the lines, which sag less.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Heat domes – large areas of high pressure that park over an area for days – prevent wet or windy weather from happening underneath them and instead force active weather to move along their northern periphery.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Bonneville, under a setup that is unique to the Northwest, owns most of the power lines needed to carry green power from the region’s sunny and windy high desert to its major population centers.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 12 May 2025
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The weather can play a role too; rain can wash pollen from the air, while a windy day can blow it around, increasing your allergy symptoms.2
How Can You Prevent Allergy Symptoms?
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 23 May 2025
The sun’s heat causes lines to sag more on sunny days, while increased airflow on windy days cools the lines, which sag less.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Heat domes – large areas of high pressure that park over an area for days – prevent wet or windy weather from happening underneath them and instead force active weather to move along their northern periphery.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Bonneville, under a setup that is unique to the Northwest, owns most of the power lines needed to carry green power from the region’s sunny and windy high desert to its major population centers.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 12 May 2025
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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windy. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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