How to Use arctic in a Sentence

arctic

1 of 2 adjective
  • The group is involved in Arctic exploration.
  • The arctic front, called a bomb cyclone, isn’t out of here yet.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The aching cold of that sub-arctic river was taking the horse’s strength.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • Frontal snow squalls occur ahead, along, or behind an arctic front.
    — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Is your home feeling more arctic than snuggly?
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • On and off light snow is then possible through the overnight hours ahead of an arctic front.
    — Matthew Delucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The parkas are full length, made from the skins of gray and reddish-brown arctic ground squirrels.
    — Emily Schwing, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The parkas are full-length, made from the skins of gray and reddish-brown arctic ground squirrels.
    — Emily Schwing, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • This must be Santa's fault bringing the arctic air from his home!
    — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Any record of an Arctic voyage with her will inevitably do the same.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 25 May 2026
  • This week, snow flurries and an arctic chill are in the air for millions across the nation.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Once the snow squall moves out, another blast of cold arctic air will begin rolling in.
    — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The air was freezing, and the town was bathed in the crisp Arctic light of a late-winter sun.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • In addition to the strong winds, a bitter shot of arctic air will invade the area.
    — Steven Sosna, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Havoc-type arctic chill beats for Wiki.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026
  • That front wasn’t as strong as the arctic surge of air experienced last weekend.
    — Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Cincinnati will experience light snow and an arctic blast over the next few days.
    — Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The difference is that a chilly arctic breeze shook these leaves to the ground at least 2 million years ago.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • An arctic cold front froze much of the nation over Christmas, pushing ducks and geese south.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The species thrives in habitats from arctic tundra to dense urban centers.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
  • South Florida reached the mid-30s overnight as an arctic chill moved through the area.
    — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Some arctic air is possible in the first week of February this year.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Another round of arctic air is moving in across the Great Lakes.
    — Janice Dean, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2022
  • There’s an arctic chill in the air, marking the official start of comfy pants season.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The latest bout of arctic air, however, has pushed those proceedings back by two days.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • After the snow tapers off in the afternoon, an arctic cold front will move in, with winds picking up.
    — Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Experts blame the same arctic system that hit the United States last month.
    — John Yoon, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Lake-effect snow develops from narrow bands of clouds that form when cold, dry arctic air passes over a large lake.
    — Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Many species, like arctic foxes, cross between islands and the mainland using sea ice.
    — Devi Lockwood, Wired, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The snow has fallen, now the arctic freeze has settled over Minnesota.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2024

arctic

2 of 2 noun
  • As climate change brings us closer to an ice-free arctic, this group of polar bears may help scientists understand how the species may persist.
    — Tulika Bose, Scientific American, 22 July 2022
  • The latter are snow geese mostly, but also many of the hawks and other raptors that stop en route north to the Canadian arctic.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • Models hint at another messy mix on Saturday, but nothing arctic is looming on the horizon.
    — Star Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
  • But say a warming arctic is responsible for wacky winter weather in the United States.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2018
  • This remote part of the Russian arctic used to be home to a meteorological station, but humans have long since abandoned it.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The one consistent thing about damage from the February arctic blast is its complete inconsistency.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The arctic is warming nearly 3 times faster than the rest of the planet, destabilizing the jet stream, the river of fast-flowing air that swirls around the North Pole.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Winters in the White Mountains often see winds of well over 100 miles an hour and arctic-like temperatures that are well below zero.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The brutal arctic outburst that caused Texas’ power grid to fail and the heat wave in the Pacific Northwest last June account for many of the new records.
    — New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • There’s no evidence that narwhals have magic horns, but their tusks are playing an important role in helping scientists understand how climate change is impacting the arctic.
    — Sara Tabin, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • During a warm period from about 55 million to 14 million years ago, Metasequoia — dawn redwood — trees grew in Canada’s high arctic.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Nearly pushed to extinction and now holding on in only remote parts of the Rocky Mountains and the arctic, a pair of wolverines gave birth in Minnesota for the first time in decades.
    — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • In New Zealand, orcas eat stingrays; in the Norwegian arctic, orcas prefer herring; and in Patagonia, orcas favor sea lion pups.
    — Emilie Richardson, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Cerveny said this means that warm air from the tropics and subtropics moves northward over the western half of the country (making the Southwest hot) and cold air pours south from the arctic into the eastern half of the country (making the East cold).
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Researchers are increasingly turning to nature -- including the fjords of the Norwegian arctic, an ancient medieval natural remedy and the dirt under your feet -- for new bacteria to become antibiotics.
    — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 9 Nov. 2020

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