How to Use northernmost in a Sentence

northernmost

adjective
  • Berglund’s brigade is among the northernmost ground forces on earth.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • This is when the sun travels along its northernmost path in the sky.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
  • The northernmost states will have the best shot at catching a glimpse this week.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 16 July 2025
  • The northernmost reaches of the system could see as much as a foot of snow.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Why build the northernmost part of the trail before the rest of the trail is constructed?
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The ruins of one of what was once the northernmost bishopric sat nearby.
    — Tim Neville, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The better chance will be in the northernmost counties today and tonight.
    — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 7 July 2023
  • This is the precise moment when the sun stands still at its northernmost point as seen from Earth.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 19 June 2023
  • The northernmost point of the project is about four miles south of Calvert’s rental properties.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
  • Svalbard is one of the northernmost settlements in the world.
    — Sarah Rappaport, Fortune, 10 May 2024
  • Key Largo will be the northernmost town of the Keys and possibly your first stop.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Those in the northernmost states also have a chance at catching the aurora.
    — Addy Bink, The Hill, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Our first stop on the weeklong trip was the northernmost city on the coast, Astoria.
    — Johannes Lichtman, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2021
  • Skip them all, and head to Siari in the northernmost section of Nauka.
    — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 19 June 2026
  • The northernmost parts of the state will see the smallest amount of the eclipse, while cities to the south will experience more.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The peak is the northernmost point along the Appalachian Trail.
    — Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
  • The imagery shows that the northernmost and southernmost vehicles were more than a mile and a half apart.
    — Aric Toler, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The northernmost one is wedged into an ice field in Svalbard, Norway.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The man was struck by the train on the northernmost track, the police department said, and was reportedly alone at the time.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the northernmost states could continue to see auroras on Friday night, the map shows.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But the best bet is to head for the northernmost parts of the Highlands or the Shetland Islands.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The three northernmost counties in the state also don’t have a single clinic between them, Ziegler added.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
  • In June, the sun takes its highest and northernmost path of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • The city claims to be the northernmost community in the United States.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 23 July 2023
  • Snow buntings are the northernmost passerine (perching) bird and have been reported at the North Pole.
    — Richard B. Karel, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
  • When the Beagle retrieved him from his adventures, the ship went on to survey the northernmost reaches of the chain.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2023
  • Nearly all of the surviving health-care facilities in the northernmost area fell on the wrong side of the partition.
    — Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
  • Because the river freezes over the winter in its northernmost parts, barge traffic on the river always halts at some point until springtime.
    — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Many of us took the North Cape plateau tour, the northernmost point of the European continent.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Rather than have the race around the outskirts of the northernmost town in the United States, as usual, it would be confined to one city block.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026

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