wind-shaken
[ wind-shey-kuhn ]
adjective
affected by windshake.
shaken by the wind.
Origin of wind-shaken
1First recorded in 1540–50
Words Nearby wind-shaken
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How to use wind-shaken in a sentence
Many a night the cliffs repeated the restlessness of the wind-shaken water until the sun quieted all with light.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland | Enos A. MillsInto this bay, like petals from a wind-shaken blossom tree, are dropped hundreds of islands.
Rosemary and Rue | AmberIt can hardly be said to be wind-shaken, for there is not enough solid timber in it to be affected in that way.
Ah, Pyrrha, there's no light Falls from thine eye that does not sway me like A bee in rose wind-shaken.
The Mortal Gods and Other Plays | Olive Tilford DarganSuddenly an apple dropped from a wind-shaken bough and fell at our feet.
The Confession of a Fool | August Strindberg
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