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  • Mr. Pike, like an enormous spider in a wind-tossed web, went back and forth along the slender bridge that was itself a shaken thread in the blast of the storm.

    CHAPTER XXXIII 2010

  • “Ride the wind-tossed waves, a pirate scans the horizon, dolphins at his side.”

    Master of Mirrors Amanda Marrone 2011

  • In songs like "Caught a Long Wind" and "Cicadas and Gulls," Ms. Feist uses nature as metaphor; often, the narrator has a bird's perspective—above setting, wind-tossed, observing beauty at a distance.

    The Recovering Pop Artist Jim Fusilli 2011

  • Picture yourself suspended by a life vest and bouncing in wind-tossed waves.

    An Ugly Way To Die 2009

  • “Ride the wind-tossed waves, a pirate scans the horizon, dolphins at his side.”

    Master of Mirrors Amanda Marrone 2011

  • Ms. Sakai shows Yu-chan looking very small in the large wind-tossed meadow, with just her white sunhat showing, and it's at this moment that the child—and the reader—realizes that she is lost.

    Enchanted Gardens, Wherever You Look Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

  • Spreading out like wind-tossed leaves, runners headed into the first mile, settling into their paces.

    Runners Jack Canfield 2010

  • None of them listened to wind-tossed dog tags clanking against the rifle, boots and helmet memorial of a newly killed Marine.

    From Fallujah to Chili's: A reservist goes back to work Dario DiBattista 2010

  • Spreading out like wind-tossed leaves, runners headed into the first mile, settling into their paces.

    Runners Jack Canfield 2010

  • None of them listened to wind-tossed dog tags clanking against the rifle, boots and helmet memorial of a newly killed Marine.

    From Fallujah to Chili's: A reservist goes back to work Dario DiBattista 2010

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