How to Use summer in a Sentence

summer

1 of 3 noun
  • What are your plans for this summer?
  • We visited them two summers ago.
  • There will be a lot of changes this summer.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Hey, summer’s not that far away.
    — Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Have a good summer and try not to think as hard as this guy.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Let Rothy’s shoes take care of your feet this summer.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 31 May 2026
  • For sure the best thing to happen all summer.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The taste of summer is a distinct one.
    — Martie Bowser, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Conley will be a free agent this summer.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • Others get their start in spring and plague the summer lawn.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Then, the reward for summer is the fall.
    — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
  • There was some damage done this past summer.
    — NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Expect summer and fall blooms on plants one to three feet tall.
    — Angela England, The Spruce, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Burgie set her next hearing for the summer.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Walleyes in summer hide in deep cover.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
  • There’s something about summer that flips a switch in my brain.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • Studded swimwear is one of summer’s hottest trends.
    — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 25 May 2026
  • Mark asks, who has been our best signing so far from this summer?
    — Handbrake Off, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Hydrangeas wilt in summer heat from sun stress, not just thirst.
    — Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 14 June 2026
  • Hours may extend over the summer.
    — Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But it’s been so dry this late summer that half the leaves have already dropped brown.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The best part of summer is having dinner on a stick.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • Be aware that many of this park’s trails are closed in the summer due to extreme heat.
    — Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The film bowed this summer and had Theron reprising her role.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Itching to hit the road and sleep under the stars this summer?
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Mar. 2026
  • On a drizzly summer night, Adams signed and signed.
    — New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • Kurt Warner’s son may find his way back this summer.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
  • Book lodging well ahead of time during the busy summer months.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
  • By late last summer, cancer had spread to a lung and then to her liver.
    — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • They were gone a little too soon, just like my first favorite summer.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025

summer

2 of 3 adjective
  • Summer camps are one week long and consist of daily four-hour sessions.
    — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 10 May 2017
  • This is ideal for that post-summer slump when your skin needs a serious push back to life.
    — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Summer rains can cause container plants to decline; check for proper drainage.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 July 2017
  • Summer’s here and the time is right for a stoner movie America can believe in.
    — Tom Keogh, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
  • For darker blondes, pops of rich honey and amber will instantly take your locks to that mid-summer sweet spot.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
  • Since buds bloom on old wood, cutting the branches after mid-summer risks cutting off next season’s show.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
  • This pre-summer idyll could not have been more different from the setting in which the Quartet was first heard.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Summer seersucker suits from the Alan Flusser brand come from Stein Mart.
    — Cristina Bolling, charlotteobserver, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Summer’s heat and humidity make a face full of makeup feel oppressive.
    — Crystal Martin, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2017
  • And there’s no better way to give your hair some post-summer TLC than with a protective style.
    — Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Condensing post-summer business into a single month, though, brings its own problems.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The huge white, pink, red, or burgundy flowers that appear in mid-summer resemble hollyhocks.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • Loving beer, craving waves Summer time, and the brewing is easy for Josh Schaner.
    — Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 June 2017
  • Say goodbye to the mid-summer lull with the unstoppable flower power of these garden superstars.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
  • An incredible burst of mid-summer rain for the Sierra Nevada.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The non-greasy formula is enriched with lactic acid, shea butter and sodium hyaluronate, and is the perfect skin-quencher for post-summer revivals.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Ideal for post-summer care, the reparative duo works on delivering thicker, longer and healthier hair.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Epic Heat Summer temperatures brought record heat to the Middle East.
    — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2016
  • Both Tsunoda and Lawson were doing better pre-summer break, after all.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Winfrey has been making a case for post-summer whites—and turning her signature style on its head—while promoting her book, which delves into her health and weight-loss journey.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
  • This native plant produces beautiful purple, daisy-like flowers that are a mid-summer nectar source for pollinators.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Lopes remained with the Cubs until a mid-summer trade to the Houston Astros in 1986.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • This makes the post-summer transition a powerful time to reconnect, realign, and reenergize your workforce.
    — Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • These seven tasks — backed by expert guidance — form a practical pre-summer checklist designed to keep your property looking its best when the heat arrives.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Right now, Chico’s is offering major markdowns during its pre-summer sale, with plenty of lightweight blouses that won’t cling when temps reach sticky levels.
    — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • Monday heat Monday is shaping up to be the hottest day of the stretch, offering a true mid-summer feel across Southeast Michigan.
    — Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • Mackay guesses the center will be able to begin enrolling officers’ children by mid-summer 2025.
    — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Summer reading is a choice opportunity to help students experience those pleasures.
    — John Warner, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2017
  • This year, with supply hewing closely to typical seasonal patterns, expect the usual post-summer wave of new inventory to arrive.
    — John Walkup, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a lot riding on the line for the pre-summer global launch of Michael to work, and by heading to the Super Bowl, Lionsgate is in it to win it.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Feb. 2026

summer

3 of 3 verb
  • So what will summer 2026 look like?
    — Sarah Allard, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
  • Has any would-be song of the summer ever song-of-the-summered harder?
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Plants produce a flush of blooms in spring, followed by repeat blooms summer through fall.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
  • It's been a long school year and hard-working teachers have earned some fun as school lets out and summer kicks off.
    — Doreen Christensen, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 May 2017
  • The husband’s kin have been summering around here since the 1940s.
    — Jorge Arango, House Beautiful, 22 May 2019
  • Where would Summer after the 10 years that have passed since the show’s series finale?
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2017
  • Instead, this is Everyman's beach - a place for day trips, not summering.
    — Robin Givhan, chicagotribune.com, 11 Aug. 2017
  • As schools let out and summer vacation season begins, motorists are spending less to fill up their gas tanks.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 June 2017
  • Summer is still summering, but students are already starting to side-eye to the coming school year.
    — Cox Communications, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Summer is still summering, but students are already starting to side-eye to the coming school year.
    — Cox Communications, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The spring to summer small white flowers of orange, lemon, and other citrus trees are richly scented.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2017
  • Everyone who summers in Tuscany is a huge fan of this chic little shop, which stocks the best edit of big and small brands alike.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2018
  • Wealthy families have summered here for generations — bringing with them their cars.
    — Michelle R. Smith, The Seattle Times, 19 June 2017
  • To summer on your stepfather’s private Greek island?
    — Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The narwhal is a year-round Arctic resident, summering in ice-free coastal waters.
    — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2020
  • And finally, before the first weekend of May, what will summer look like at Put-in-Bay?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 May 2020
  • The family summered in Lebanon, and Patricia, a tomboy, learned to hunt and fish all over Iraq.
    — Marcia Desanctis, Town & Country, 14 Oct. 2016
  • But when the couple is summering in Dubois, Wyoming, the errand looks very different.
    — Allison Hatfield, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • With a slim profile just four to five feet wide, this gorgeous deciduous shrub makes a lovely flowering hedge that blooms summer through fall.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The pair were spotted summering in Saint Tropez, France, in July.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • These were people who were summering in the most exclusive summer hotel that existed.
    — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Next summers The Mandalorian and Grogu will be the first movie since 2019.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • What would summer be without the occasional stop at 7-Eleven for a sweet, icy Slurpee to sip and savor on a hot afternoon?
    — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Kijaro has just released its newest offering, Rok-it, that is perfect for camping trips, sports sidelines, and summer outdoor movie nights in the park.
    — Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2019
  • Add Russell Crowe to the growing list of famous faces who will be summering in New Orleans in coming months.
    — Mike Scott, nola.com, 17 June 2019
  • This is a look that the beauty entrepreneur tested this spring and while summering in the Hamptons in 2014.
    — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Maxime Vaudin, owner of the beloved bistro Magnolia in Pigalle, has been summering in Île de Ré his whole life.
    — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026
  • Houseplants summering outdoors in the shade also make a handsome addition to container gardening.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2017
  • For nearly 50 years, the Zentzes have summered in their second home on a stretch of waterfront in Deer Isle’s Sunshine district.
    — Sandra Ward, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
  • Tony Loura, who has summered in Roy Carpenter's Beach for 15 years, is philosophical about his predicament.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2019

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