adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
windy/stormy
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In windy weather, water from the fountain is blown onto the paths.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
very
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Some cliffs are very slippery or in very windy positions and are therefore not suitable for abseiling. 10.
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Because of its narrow shape, six miles in length, north to south, Hope can be very windy .
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It was very windy and one of the new sightscreens had blown over, destroying an ornamental cherry tree.
■ NOUN
day
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So during windy days you do better working burrows with entrances unaffected by wind.
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As a child I could lie in his arms, and they held me like a sturdy hammock on a windy day .
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On a windy day this is one of the best stretches of water.
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On a windy day , however, an open umbrella means trouble.
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And those planning day trips at home face four miserable wet or windy days.
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But on a windy day like Thursday, the net becomes unwieldy because of the fast currents.
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On a grey and windy day his imagination was caught by Avebury and neighbouring ancient mysteries of northern Wiltshire.
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On windy days he finds himself flying over Doncaster, flares a-flap, hair streaming behind him like a curtain.
night
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We stayed together, and landed on a dark, windy night with no airspeed indicator or brakes.
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Pitching: on one wild and windy night it took just five minutes to put up the inner.
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It was a cold, windy night , and it was raining heavily.
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On windy nights they tapped at the windows with woody fingers.
weather
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Many tears in cold air and windy weather .
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That, Bill says, is a sure sign that windy weather is on the way.
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Automobile Association spokesman Terry McAllister warned motorists to reduce speed in the wet and windy weather .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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windy rhetoric
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a windy street
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It's too cold and windy for hiking.
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It was a bright windy day in October.
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The windy conditions made it difficult to put the tent up.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Exposure to airborne allergens is likely to be greatest on windy days and least after rain has washed them from the air.
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Foresters surmise that the abnormally wet and windy winter probably hastened the toppling of the trees.
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I walked to school with my mum and it was very cold and windy day.
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It will become windy in the far north and west, and remain warm in the south.
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Malvern had been struggling most of the way on the only wet and windy day in an otherwise idyllic week.
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On a windy day this is one of the best stretches of water.