How to Use southeastern in a Sentence

southeastern

adjective
  • The trail starts on a wide dirt path on the southeastern side of Cowles peak.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • In southeastern Colorado, hunters can seek out game on three new parcels of state trust land.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Lesser amounts of rain are forecast in eastern and southeastern parts of the state.
    — Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The southeastern region of Provence has a lot going for it.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
  • In the southeastern part of the state, some communities were buried with more than three feet of snow.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The southeastern front line now sits about 75 miles from Zhovti Vody.
    — Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Rylie is a neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the city.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The crash left deep scars across southeastern Wisconsin that still haven’t healed.
    — Todd Richmond, ajc, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Two children, ages 2 and 4, died in a hot car in the southeastern part of the country.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • One of the people killed was caught in a landslide in the southeastern Madang province.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The new species was found near Campo Azul in southeastern Brazil.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Bananal is in the state of São Paulo in southeastern Brazil.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The place, located on the southeastern fringes of the city limits, isn’t a pretty sight.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Venus, Mars Jupiter, and Saturn are all aligned in the southeastern sky.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022
  • Russian forces have destroyed much of southeastern port city, which has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the war.
    — Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Goats and sheep outstrip humans in the southeastern counties of Texas.
    — Ryan Serpico, San Antonio Express-News, 15 July 2022
  • Choose a southeastern exposure for the opening to avoid the strongest winds.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Franklin is in southeastern Idaho, near the border with Utah.
    — Hali Smith june 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 June 2026
  • This southeastern native looks lovely as an edging along woodland paths.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
  • Up to two feet of snow is forecast in the city and more than two feet in southeastern Massachusetts.
    — CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The tracking data ended as the flight passed low over the lake’s southeastern shoreline, the report said.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Note that much of the day will be dry and sunny with a few clouds across northern and far southeastern Minnesota.
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 10 July 2021
  • These nearby sites are in southeastern Ecuador and along the border with Peru.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Boum grew up in the southeastern province of Tata, in the Lamhamid Oasis.
    — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Let the second round of the southeastern Wisconsin fall food face-off begin!
    — Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The wildfire is one of many burning in the southeastern United States.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • The wildfire is one of many burning in the southeastern United States.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The wildfire is one of many burning in the southeastern United States.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Most of the landscapes of Florida – and the rest of the southeastern states – have been shaped by frequent fire.
    — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2022
  • That distinction belongs to the great evening bat of eastern and southeastern Asia.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026

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