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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After climbing a windy road to the top of a hill, I was met with a welcoming sign and gate that announced my arrival at the property.—Molly Allen, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2024 Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn Saginaw County, Middle Suburb
Saginaw County voters turned out to polling places on a warm and windy November day, some greeted by tunes from a DJ.—Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024 From wet to windy to record warmth: An electoral array of the elements face voters across the U.S. heading to the polls Tuesday.—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024 Becoming cloudy, windy and warm with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm in the afternoon.
🍔 Hamilton County magistrate approves 6 Frisch's Big Boy evictions.—Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for windy
Word History
First Known Use
Adjective (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
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