How to Use the northwest in a Sentence

the northwest

noun

• Light winds blow from the northwest around 5 to 10 mph.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
• Light winds blow from the northwest at about 5 to 10 mph.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
• Winds dip to about 10 mph out of the northwest, with gusts near 20 mph, by dawn.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
• Winds from the northwest around 10-15 mph bring in the drier air.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
• Winds blow from the northwest near 10 mph with gusts around 20 mph.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
• Highs on Tuesday will range from the mid-40s in the northwest to the lower 50s in the southeast.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2024
• Train: The Ashland stop on the Green and Pink lines is right at the northwest corner of the park.
  — Pitchfork, 15 July 2024
• Only Kyiv and the northwest of the country were spared.
  — Andrew Carey, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
• Howard is in the northwest quadrant of the district, and many streets have been closed ahead of the event.
  — Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
• A couple of wind gusts from the northwest could peak near 20 mph.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• Watch for sky streaks to the northwest on the evening of Oct. 8 through early morning Oct. 9.
  — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2023
• Winds blow from the northwest around 5 to 10 mph with some higher gusts.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• A couple on the northwest side: 5501 W. Fond du Lac Ave.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• The arc would then curve gently back to the northwest, north of the stadium.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 27 July 2023
• Ocean water had washed over the northwest side of the island.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024
• There will also be a risk of a few strong storms late tonight for the northwest corner of the state.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 Feb. 2023
• The train bank has sat at the northwest corner of Dickson Street and West Avenue since the 1990s.
  — Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 22 July 2024
• To the northwest, there is very little snow north of Highway 151.
  — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
• This year, though, the fun will be moved from the southwest quadrant to the northwest section of the Circle.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
• Haifa is on the northwest coast of Israel, but those in Gaza have no way to get there.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2023
• Gusty south-southwest winds will turn to come to the northwest in the hours after midnight.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
• The tropical storm is expected to turn to the northwest and then the north over the weekend.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 21 July 2023
• Light winds shift to come out of the northwest and skies gradually clear overnight.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• The island lies just off the northwest tip of South Georgia, about 600 miles south-east of the Falkland Islands.
  — WIRED, 28 Oct. 2023
• Then, a cold front is forecasted to move into the area from the northwest on July 4.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2024
• Wind gusts from the northwest near 35 mph are possible.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
• Zion had been living in Rock Island, in the northwest part of the state, with his mother, Sushi Staples.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 5 June 2024
• Temperatures will rise to 65 on New Year’s Day as the second storm blows in from the northwest.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
• The minimum coverage of the Sun by the Moon will be at the northwest corner of the state of Washington.
  — Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• The weather was still clear and the wind was out of the northwest at 10 to 15 knots, but the long Pacific rollers that beset that coast so much of the time were growing in size.
  — Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Dec 2024