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It lay white and windswept, a barricade of emptiness; to one side the spaceport and the white skyscraper of the Terran Headquarters, and at the other side, the clutter of low buildings, the street-shrine, the little spaceport cafe smelling of coffee and jaco_, and the dark opening mouths of streets that rambled down into the Kharsa--the old town, the native quarter.

—The Door Through Space

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adjective Exposed to or swept by winds: windswept moors.

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Grunjak's ugly hulk of a castle, Ma Grossierete, rose from a low mound at the center of a desolate and windswept wasteland. — F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 01 - July 1999
The broad, highly polished board room table was as clean as a windswept frozen mill-pond in winter--except for the single ash tray. — 166 - The Disappearing Lady
The cirques were dry, windswept, dangerous and hard to get to. — Blood Lure
But the open lands below the valley are dry and windswept, with scanty fodder and many empty gullies. — F ;SF - vol 099 issue 03 - September 2000
At other times, it seemed like a green fortress of welcome in the windswept, arid lands. — Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)