How to Use the tropics in a Sentence

the tropics

plural noun

• Maybe the crowds get to be too much when all the birds flock to the tropics.
  — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 26 Sep. 2024
• The singer, who blended the sounds of the tropics with country, died a month ago from Merkel cell cancer.
  — Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
• Warm air rises in the tropics, bringing on lots of rain.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 26 July 2023
• The night felt chilly, which never ceases to surprise me in the tropics.
  — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• There’s a band around the center of the tropics where all of the sugar is grown and the ingredients are grown.
  — Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
• Bird-of-paradise plants don't have to be at home in the tropics to produce their namesake spiky blooms.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 3 Sep. 2023
• For the past two years, atmospheric rivers — long plumes of water in the sky that sweep in from the tropics — have lashed the state with rain.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
• These frigid waters—as chilly as 5°C—should be perilous for the cold-blooded sharks that dwell in the tropics.
  — Bykate Hull, science.org, 11 May 2023
• After all, one of the best ways to save money on a trip to the tropics is to travel during the wet season.
  — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2023
• At that time of the year, air that entered the stratosphere a half-decade earlier in the tropics descends in the Arctic.
  — Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 14 Feb. 2023
• Outside, palm trees evoke the tropics and and crisp, minimalist decor fills the 20 guest rooms.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
• Pop a few in the cooler and invite some friends to the pool—we’re planning to enjoy a taste of the tropics in our own backyard this summer.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2024
• In the third and final indoor aviary, a rain machine pours mist from above, simulating the wet world of the tropics.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
• Aside from this system, there are no other areas of concern in the tropics.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
• At night, the group would return to the resort for an elevated dinner in the tropics.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
• Pineapple, coconut, rum, lime, the tropics, a desert-island vibe.
  — Alyssa Brandt, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• Six cyclones are spinning through the tropics right now, churning over the ocean and sometimes over land in both hemispheres.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
• More and more, the reality of wildfire includes places like the suburbs of Denver, or even the tropics of Hawaii.
  — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
• The plane flew ten missions over large thunderstorms in the tropics south of Florida.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
• Just put this South American native in a warmer room with indirect light and let its lush, droopy fronds bring a touch of the tropics to your home.
  — Molly Miller, housebeautiful.com, 31 May 2023
• In the Atlantic Ocean, a conveyor belt of warm water heads north from the tropics, reaching the Arctic and chilling.
  — WIRED, 26 July 2023
• In the tropics, which encompasses much of Asia, people could be exposed to dangerous heat most days of the year, the study found.
  — Taylor Ward, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
• These include changes in the tropics and the prevailing high-altitude winds.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
• With huge blooms that can reach the size of dinner plates, these perennials instantly transport you to the tropics.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 14 June 2023
• Planning a trip to Disney World, the tropics, or a national park this summer?
  — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
• In its native setting in the tropics of North and South America, Monstera can reach 70 feet tall, and their stylish leaves can grow up to three feet wide.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 31 May 2023
• The terrain is rugged and the weather varied: Cape Reinga can be as humid as the tropics, and the alpine meadows of the Tararua Range see frequent snow flurries.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2017
• However, when the western Pacific and the rest of the tropics are also warm, the response may be more muddled.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2023
• Both conditions originate far from San Diego along the equator in the tropics.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
• This native grows in most Southern climates except for the tropics.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 July 2023

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024