How to Use the Midwest in a Sentence

the Midwest

noun
  • And parts of the Midwest that were seen as climate havens have seen extreme rain, too.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In the Midwest, the problem this month wasn’t the heat of a fire, but a freezing cold snap.
    — John Fund, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Yet the coal plant remains one of the biggest polluters in the Midwest.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
  • Wisconsin and most of the Midwest will again see a partial eclipse.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
  • These sandy shores in the Midwest are perfect for a summer getaway.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2024
  • In-state tuition rates rank among the most affordable in the Midwest.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • Now, Barron said, there is no one left in the Midwest to perform that work.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Granted, this is the Midwest; the weather has a mind of its own and could surprise us.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Most of its more than 600 restaurants are in the Midwest and South.
    — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The damage was part of flooding that hit the Midwest last weekend and early this week.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
  • Once introduced, the trees took hold first in the southern states, then spread into the Midwest.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In the Midwest, it's expected to be sunny, with a cool breeze and highs in the 40s.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • But Madison certainly isn’t the only place in the Midwest to ride on bike trails.
    — Brian E. Clark, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • His corneas also were donated, and his kidneys saved the lives of two men in their 60s in the Midwest.
    — Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Those include the majority of the states in the South as well as a handful of states in the Midwest.
    — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The American Club is one of the top hotels in the Midwest, and for good reason.
    — Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Like last year, all ten most affordable lake towns are in the Midwest, South, and the East Coast.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2024
  • Some of the flooding that's impacting the Midwest and the Northeast is due to the heavy rain on top of snow melt and ice jams.
    — Max Golembo, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Because, from the Midwest, this feels like Notre Dame’s best shot in a long time to knock off one of the sport’s heavyweights.
    — Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • There are tornadoes in the Midwest, rain in the East, heat in the South and Southwest.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
  • This year, the company plans to add 12 more restaurants in the Midwest and Southwest.
    — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The report found that parts of the Great Plains and the Midwest are projected to warm by more than 3 degrees.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Ahead of the storms, record warm temperatures are expected for the Midwest and the East Coast.
    — Melissa Griffin, ABC News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Haze and smoke from the wildfires will push east into the Plains and the Midwest on Monday and Tuesday.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • The top 10 cities are all west of the Mississippi River, with the top five all in the Midwest.
    — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
  • This snowstorm comes as some of the coldest air of the season hits the Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • These rates were lowest in the West and highest in Appalachia and parts of the South and the Midwest, the data showed.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
  • This is the 1950s in the Midwest and the boy feels that his own deepest desires are taboo and therefore attempts to deny them.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
  • There are more than 40 locations in 15 states, almost all in the Midwest, South and East.
    — Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The storm will also bring more snow, ice and rain to the Midwest and the Northeast on Saturday and Sunday.
    — Max Golembo, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025

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