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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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NBC News, 18 June 2024
On Tuesday, the fourth day of dry, windy weather across much of California, 11 wildfires of more than 300 acres were burning in the state — and two were more than 15,000 acres.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
Parts of Northern California will see a higher risk for wildfires this weekend as dry, hot and windy weather sweeps the region.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 14 June 2024
And in windy conditions, boards can move a lot faster than victims can swim.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 14 June 2024
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Adjective
The fire broke out as weather turned hot and windy in a region where grasses spawned by a rainy winter have long since dried out and burn easily.
—NBC News, 18 June 2024
On Tuesday, the fourth day of dry, windy weather across much of California, 11 wildfires of more than 300 acres were burning in the state — and two were more than 15,000 acres.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
Parts of Northern California will see a higher risk for wildfires this weekend as dry, hot and windy weather sweeps the region.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 14 June 2024
And in windy conditions, boards can move a lot faster than victims can swim.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 14 June 2024
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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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