How to Use northern in a Sentence

northern

1 of 2 adjective
  • Fall, a northern wind brought dust and dry leaves.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • There’s also a nice show in the northern sky.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The northern town is filled with cool air, pine trees and skiing.
    — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Iran controls the strait’s northern side.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
  • When will snow come to northern Arizona this year?
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Will northern Michigan get snow or rain this week?
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • But the northern suburb likely won’t be the last.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Among them is the Rawhide plant in northern Colorado.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Leaf-peepers wanting to see peak fall colors will be in luck in some northern states.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The brand is making moves in northern Europe.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The damage that came from the storm went on to cause damage throughout the northern part of the state.
    — Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The original northern site would have required three dams.
    — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • The northern part of the state is incredible.
    — AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
  • Will northern Michigan see storms this weekend?
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The northern part of the island remains untouched.
    — Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
  • The worst of the snow fell east of the city, while northern and western suburbs hardly tallied any.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The search then shifted to this area, in the northern part of Chester County.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Springtime has arrived on Mars as ice melts on the planet's northern ice cap.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Luckily, the family didn't have to spend too long away from their beloved northern city.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
  • By then, the slopes in northern China became his second home.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The best chance for strong storms, and storms in general, is in northern Maryland.
    — Rachael Jay, CBS News, 6 June 2026
  • Large swathes of southern and northern counties are set to be impacted.
    — Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Debinha said the bonecos are more popular in the northern states.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Northern Italians were brimming with pride.
    — Robert Carroll, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The times and dates given apply to mid-northern latitudes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • The times and dates given apply to mid-northern latitudes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • The times and dates given apply to mid-northern latitudes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The times and dates given apply to mid-northern latitudes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This can be as early as March and as late as May for northern locations.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
  • For many gardeners in the northern tier, this month brings the first frost scares, if not the first actual killing frosts.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025

northern

2 of 2 noun
  • My turn was next, with a 21-inch northern on the same type of lure.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
  • But August is a lousy month for northerns and — in the border lakes — for big walleyes.
    — Hank Bradshaw, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026
  • Carey thought trolling would be the best way to cover water and find some active fish, likely walleyes or northerns.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2023
  • Bartz, who has fished for many decades in the best waters of Wisconsin and Ontario, caught the biggest walleye and northern of his life on Seseganaga.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2022
  • The hole in the ice, also known as a polynya, is located north of Ellesmere Island, Canada's northern-most island and just west of Greenland.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 15 May 2020
  • The region’s northern-most House district, Maine’s 2nd, has been interesting to political observers for some time.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • For northern pike, the DNR hopes to foster large sizes by disallowing anyone from keeping a northern that exceeds 30 inches.
    — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Between May and August, Freeze might catch fewer than 10 northerns at his arboreal outpost just off Interstate 95.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 12 July 2018
  • The office handles federal prosecutions-- ranging from large-scale drug trafficking to violent crimes and political corruption -- of federal crimes in 40 of Ohio’s northern-most counties.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021

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