How to Use northwestern in a Sentence

northwestern

adjective
  • The northwestern part of the state will, once again, be the coldest.
    — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The game was one of many tough ones for a young Northwestern team this season.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Tiger sharks are found around the northwestern islands of Hawaii.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 15 May 2023
  • Just one — the Northwestern home run that broke the streak — was an extra-base hit.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Wellstar is a major health system across the northwestern part of the state.
    — Timothy Pratt, ajc, 1 Sep. 2022
  • As soon as twilight fades, look for those lovers together in the high northwestern sky.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025
  • One of the sturdiest of the native shrubs in northwestern states is oceanspray.
    — oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Brittany, in northwestern France, has long been one of my favorite places in the world.
    — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
  • There is a greater chance of hitting 90° across the western and northwestern parts of the metro.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The facility is in the northwestern part of the city.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In a remote part of northwestern Venezuela, there is a crack and flash of lightning most nights of the year.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
  • The northwestern Iowa crash site was about 70 miles south of the school's main campus.
    — Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 12 Feb. 2026
  • There is a greater chance of warming past 90° across the western and northwestern parts of the metro.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In the northwestern city of Herat, men have sold their kidneys on the black market.
    — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Wind gusts in the northwestern suburbs of Atlanta are low as the storm moves right overhead.
    — David Wickert, ajc, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Libby is a town of about 3,000 in the northwestern corner of the state.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2021
  • Once you’re settled, the city of Annecy, at the northwestern mouth of the lake, is easy enough to explore by foot.
    — Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Its path began in northwestern Tennessee and drifted south over the course of a year.
    — Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
  • An incident led to the death of a newborn bison calf in northwestern Wyoming.
    — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 5 June 2023
  • Forecasters have also added a risk for storms on Wednesday for the northwestern part of the state.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The prison break came less than two weeks after another escape in the northwestern city of Rennes.
    — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
  • To begin, park in the lot on Lakeshore Drive, located on the northwestern side of the lake.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Even the Peoria Street Bridge that serves as the northwestern border for the park.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • The ridge is pushing hot and dry air over much of the northwestern and north-central United States.
    — Nathaniel Rosenberg, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2023
  • Couderay is in Sawyer County, near the northwestern tip of the state.
    — Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Couderay is in Sawyer County, near the northwestern tip of the state.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • While a wave of dry air kept the snow off the ground in the city, Petr said, areas of the north and northwestern suburbs did see a dusting.
    — Sylvia Goodman, chicagotribune.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Fitzgerald, a former Northwestern coach, was hired days later.
    — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The view from Iran’s northwestern border was supposed to be magical.
    — Simon Maghakyan, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
  • After a Northwestern turnover, Smith helped close it out with two free throws with 12 seconds left.
    — Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026

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