How to Use polar in a Sentence

polar

1 of 2 adjective
  • They took polar positions on the issue.
  • She and I are good friends even though we're polar opposites.
  • So that’s where polar comes from.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
  • And like our polar ice caps, that ice has yet to thaw.
    — John Phillips, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • What does the polar vortex look like right now?
    — Brandi D. Addison, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2025
  • What does the polar vortex look like right now?
    — Brandi D. Addison, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • So, why does the ice class even matter on your polar cruise?
    — Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Then comes a big change — a blast of polar air arrives.
    — Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Blame it on the north polar regions.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
  • This split could have been blown by polar jets from the dying star.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • In any event, don't fear the polar vortex.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Is a strong polar vortex good news?
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Will the polar vortex come back?
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Heavy fleece, like anti-pill polar fleece, may be too thick for this project.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2023
  • And then the last thing that Mary mentioned was polar codes.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Those who were so inclined also had a chance to do a polar plunge.
    — Kristen E. Pope, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
  • But could the polar vortex rear its ugly head yet again?
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • In the short term, the polar jet stream will be shaping the winter ahead.
    — Shuang-Ye Wu, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Has the polar vortex been more active this year?
    — Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The gap in the crescent on the right-hand side is the planet’s icy north polar cap.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Does the polar vortex cause all cold weather?
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Jo-Ellen will still be on this show when the polar ice caps swallow most of the state.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • The two men were polar opposites, but Fox knew how to talk to him.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Then, a blast of Arctic air thanks to the polar vortex will set in.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Aim it at your weights and kettlebells and at least your hands won't freeze on polar training days.
    — Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 6 Jan. 2023
  • How long do polar vortexes last?
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Hugh Jackman often posts videos of polar plunges.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
  • Hugh Jackman often posts videos of polar plunges.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
  • And of course, there are the six months of polar night, when the sun never rises above the horizon.
    — You Xiaoying, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The cold snap is linked to a lobe of the polar vortex in the lower atmosphere.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2026

polar

2 of 2 noun
  • The result is a clean break into the surface and the cold polar air above.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 Apr. 2018
  • With a tidy bob and easy smile, Okju is his polar counterpart.
    — Daniel Otis, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • For some species, like the polar-dwelling reindeer, those sparks have already begun to fly.
    — Megan Molteni, WIRED, 20 June 2019
  • Because an animal with polar in its name likely is not pulling for an early spring.
    — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The polar, or low Earth orbiters, known as LEOs, fly low and fast.
    — Andrew Blum, WIRED, 25 June 2019
  • Thoughts on ‘Thought’ Streams of Thought is the polar opposite of ye.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 4 June 2018
  • His polar opposite, meanwhile, was the pair of bluestockings to his left.
    — Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
  • The current point of view can be seen as the polar opposite of Einstein’s dream of a unique cosmos.
    — Quanta Magazine, 4 June 2018
  • This isn't the first time this year that a Russian city has dealt with an unexpected polar-bear issue.
    — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2019
  • The Martian polar ice caps are comprised of water ice and carbon dioxide.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 July 2019
  • The video shows the duck swimming and a polar approaching it from underwater.
    — Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2019
  • Sir Keir is the polar opposite of the charismatic populists who bestride much of the world.
    — The Economist, 29 Feb. 2020
  • This is the polar opposite of the see-them-all island junkets most Americans take.
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 28 June 2018
  • The drug, which can be snorted, smoked, injected and even comes in tablet form to be swallowed, is the polar opposite of opioids.
    — Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Which is the polar opposite to the real-life friendship Efron and Collins have with each other.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 9 May 2019
  • Patagonia, the polar fleece OG, never runs out of new colors and patterns.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 30 Mar. 2018
  • In many ways, Rachel was a deer caught in headlights on Glee, but Valentina's the polar opposite.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2017
  • There were 15 killings of people by brown or grizzly bears during the same period and one fatal mauling by a polar bear.
    — CBS News, 21 June 2017
  • The polar bogey the commander spotted that day was Santa Claus.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 May 2026
  • Intermediate polars earned their name due to variations in the strength of white dwarfs' magnetic fields.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • New Horizons also showed that Charon has a red polar region, as well as sunken mountains and landslides on its surface.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Besides polar cyclones, Juno has spotted white ice caps on Jupiter — frozen bits of ammonia and water.
    — Marcia Dunn, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2017
  • Even if our polar ice stays frozen, few of us will ever be able to travel to the bottom of the planet to hear this otherworldly wishing well in real life.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2020
  • There was no evidence of anyone in the garage and the woman was taken to the hospital for anxiety and bi-polar disorders.
    — cleveland.com, 31 July 2019
  • The experience of flying out of Westchester is the polar opposite of using one of the region’s big three.
    — Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine, 7 Sep. 2017
  • The ethos Andersson has instilled without him is the polar opposite.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 July 2018
  • The story in the emerging markets, which these days are dominated by China, is the polar opposite.
    — John Authers | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2019
  • New technologies now often manifest in the real world, since for now that is still where most of the money is, but even Bitcoin melts the polar icecaps.
    — Vijith Assar, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2018
  • There are two nozzles at the back of the chamber pumping out the nitrogen vapors, and the quarter turns make sure your body gets frozen evenly … kind of like a polar rotisserie.
    — Lee Judge special To The Star, kansascity, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Travelers choose the terrain - polar, jungle, desert, mountain or coastal - then are dropped into the ultimate test of survival (with some guidance along the way).
    — Diane Daniel, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018

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