How to Use north in a Sentence

north

1 of 3 adverb
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  • It's a few miles north of here.
  • The bird is found as far north as Canada.
  • Turn north onto Elm Street.
  • Perhaps just a third of an inch in the driest spots north and west.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • There was a walking path by the beach that led north to Golden Gate Park and south to the zoo.
    — Zach Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • From there, the migrants travel north by bus with the help of smugglers.
    — Christophe Ena and Angela Charlton The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • And every year the cases creep north—roughly 30 miles per year.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Also on the list is Luna Pier, which is further north and closer to the path's edge.
    — Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2024
  • His job search ranged north to Alaska, south to Portland and east to Montana.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The currents know no borders as the pollution drifts north.
    — Daniel Wolfe, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But the drugs would not be coming north in such large numbers if not for our guns flowing south.
    — Ieva Jusionyte, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Sidon is one of Lebanon's largest cities, along with Beirut and Tripoli, which are located farther north.
    — NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The southern edge of his district runs roughly along I-70, and goes north to the Missouri River.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Some places could see a month’s worth of rainfall as the waterlogged system trudges north.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Farther north, in Boston, rain will fall between 3 a.m. and noon.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The train, the company explained on its website, will travel north to its version of the North Pole.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Two of my wife’s uncles try to go north, only to return an hour later.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Then, as summer gives way to fall, these marine mammals will head back north to the safety of the Arctic sea ice.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2023
  • The pickup ran head-on into the Volkswagen sedan that was heading north.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Even in the past year and a half since Abbott began putting migrants on buses north, numbers have ebbed and flowed.
    — Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • After a cold start this morning, highs will range from the mid-30s north to the lower 40s south Friday and Saturday.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Many people are venturing north in hopes of kicking off awards-season runs that will land them in the thick of the Oscar race.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The hot conditions are reaching as far north as Canada which is in the middle of its worst fire season on record.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 14 Aug. 2023
  • On the same day, another soldier was killed farther north.
    — Greg Palkot, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Conditions will begin to improve from south to north across the island chain by late Sunday as the storm moves north out of the region.
    — Jason Hanna, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Another option is for vineyards to shift north as the climate warms.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The storm also shifted slightly north in passing Guam; that wobble kept the center of the eye just offshore.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Salvation lay 90 miles north, in Columbus, where balloons of black-tar heroin filled the void.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
  • The woman was driving north on Akron Peninsula Road at about 5:45 p.m. when her vehicle went off the right side of the road, hit a pole and then flipped over.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Visitors pay homage to Kabir at a shrine in the holy city of Varanasi, where the poet grew up, and also at a tomb a few hours north in Maghar, said to hold the remains of the poet.
    — Kalpana Jain, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
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north

2 of 3 adjective
  • It's situated close to the spring at the north end of the state park.
    — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Off the rocky point at the north end of town, the swell was already big and rising.
    — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • Promontory is an area of high ground at the north end of the Great Salt Lake.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • The center of Chipping Norton, a market town on the edge of the north Cotswolds.
    — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Lisa: Sounds like an episode of the wire in north Royalton, man.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 June 2022
  • While his running style is north and south, get out of my way, the kid has some speed.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The north end of Bondi Beach is a beautiful spot for a swim.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2022
  • That same contractor installed 6-inch gutters on the south and north sides of the house.
    — Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Wharf, at the north end of Madison Street in downtown Port Clinton.
    — cleveland, 3 June 2022
  • One man was killed in a shooting in the 2600 block of Hillside Avenue on the city's north side late Wednesday.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Matafeo says with a laugh at a café in her north London neighborhood.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
  • Here’s where to stop on your road trip from Victoria to far north Queensland.
    — Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The Lincoln Highway can take people east and west but not north and south, nor high nor deep.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Kyiv is in north-central Ukraine, not far from the borders with Russia and Belarus.
    — Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Afrobeats is coming from West Africa, but what about what’s coming from the east, central or north?
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Plus, Parc des Buttes-Chaumont is just north—the ideal post-meal stroll.
    — Sophie Dening, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Babel Mediterranean Market, a tiny store in north Phoenix, sells dates by weight.
    — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2022
  • With the exception of the far north part of the state, most of Arkansas is at a slight risk for severe weather, the weather service said.
    — Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2023
  • Police officers on Sunday outside a house in north London thought to be linked to a suspect in the killing of David Amess.
    — Max Colchester, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2021
  • It’s a full-floor loft that is accessed via a private elevator and double-door access to both the north and south wing of the home.
    — Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • Bucks fans will now have a one-stop headwear shop located in Fiserv Forum with the opening of a New Era shop at the north end of the arena.
    — Beck Andrew Salgado, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Meanwhile, a trace of snow to two inches of the white stuff is forecast for central and north-central Alabama.
    — Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Crews are also checking roadway conditions at the north end of PCH.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Some colder spots in north Alabama may get as low as 0 degrees.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The epicenter of the latest effort to raise money for Ukraine was a bare-bones office above a bakery in north London.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Brosso and Bernas both disappeared while riding their bicycles along the Arizona Canal in north Phoenix.
    — CBS News, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The training will take place in the north-central portion of Camp Robinson, but communities in the area may hear or feel its effects, the release states.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2022
  • The family lived in a middle-class neighborhood in north Baltimore east of Charles Street.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Highest chances for some slick spots this morning are well north and west of D.C., but can’t rule out a touch of freezing rain closer to the immediate area.
    — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2022
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north

3 of 3 noun
  • The wind is coming from the north.
  • Parts of the North were hit hard by the storm.
  • I grew up in the North.
  • The birds migrate from the North.
  • The American Civil War was between the North and the South.
  • The lake’s north arm had long been too salty to support much life.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Lows range from the upper 30s in the far outer suburbs to the west and north, to the middle 40s in the city.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
  • That's the farthest north the sun moves in the sky, which is why the days close to the solstice have the most daylight of the year.
    — Doyle Rice, The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2023
  • Yemen’s conflict began in 2014 when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of the country’s north.
    — Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The renowned north Phoenix Metrocenter stood as one of the largest malls in the country, bustling with shoppers in the 1980s.
    — Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The access to north from the south has been halted since Friday, the agency said.
    — NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The initiative has spread to Spanish regions in the east and north.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • Keep in mind, the farther north, the later the strawberries will be ripe.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
  • Cooler, with light north and northeast winds, as highs reach for the mid-70s or so.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • Lows range through the 60s over the region (warmest downtown and coolest north and west of the Beltway).
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • And while Title 42 has come to an end, the flow of migrants headed north has not.
    — Megan Janetsky, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
  • Temperatures will warm to highs in the mid-50s north to the lower 60s south.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, a drawing room, a music room, and a billiards room take up the entire north side of the abode.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
  • When a broker took them to the land, a three-mile drive north, pheasants scattered.
    — Curbed, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The red-wingeds will disperse north and into large and small wetlands to breed.
    — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • This marked the first time that any of them have traveled this far north — and the trip hasn’t disappointed.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
  • While driving north, the driver of the sedan crossed over into the southbound lane and struck the southbound SUV head-on.
    — Olivia Alexander, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • This is all in the norm inside of – for north – for politics in our country.
    — ABC News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Just a slight chance of a passing sprinkle tonight, with best odds of that north and west overall.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • Highs will range from the upper 40s north, where snow cover still exists, to the upper 40s south of the Ohio River.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Go to the church addition north side of Church Street, off Seminary.
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 21 July 2023
  • Daytime high temperatures range from the upper 50s north and west to the mid-60s south and east.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The woman and man were shot while traveling north on Fourth Avenue.
    — Lauren Girgis, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023
  • The area from the northwestern town of Rangely to central Steamboat Springs and north to the Wyoming border saw the worst winter in 70 years.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 23 May 2023
  • Across the divides of rich and poor, Muslim and Christian, north and south, light-skinned and dark, Mona and Julia become friends.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 29 May 2023

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