midwinter
noun
mid·win·ter
ˈmid-ˈwin-tər 
-ˌwin-
1
: the winter solstice
2
: the middle of winter
midwinter
adjective
Examples of midwinter in a Sentence
the heavy snows and frigid temperatures of midwinter
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To see the sun so diminished, so pale and sickly in the midwinter sky, was unnerving.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025
As a result, vegetation that would typically be full of water by midwinter instead remained parched.
—Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Purple performances Northwestern University has quite the run of concerts to enliven the bleak midwinter.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, in these darkest days of midwinter, one of the city’s spiritual hot spots, thanks to the harmonic convergence of two outstanding and very different exhibitions, both closing soon.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025
As a result, vegetation that would typically be full of water by midwinter instead remained parched.
—Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Purple performances Northwestern University has quite the run of concerts to enliven the bleak midwinter.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, in these darkest days of midwinter, one of the city’s spiritual hot spots, thanks to the harmonic convergence of two outstanding and very different exhibitions, both closing soon.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Midwinter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midwinter. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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midwinter
noun
mid·win·ter
ˈmid-ˈwint-ər
1
: the middle of winter
2
: the winter solstice
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