How to Use atmosphere in a Sentence

atmosphere

noun
  • The food was good but the restaurant has no atmosphere.
  • Experts have noticed changes in the atmosphere.
  • The planets have different atmospheres.
  • Meteoroids burn up as they pass through Earth's atmosphere.
  • What are your thoughts on the atmosphere of the White Out?
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Wind shear is the change of wind speed and strength with height in the atmosphere.
    Judson Jones, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The church wasn’t full the first night, but the atmosphere was electric.
    Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 15 Nov. 2018
  • The atmosphere of the games is great, and the girls have all become so close.
    Steve Millar, Daily Southtown, 15 May 2018
  • These guys in their atmosphere got the best of us tonight.
    Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Credit a change in decor and a shift to a zen-like atmosphere for part of the change.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2020
  • After all, the Bent Inn is about the people and the atmosphere.
    Ryan Slattery, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2024
  • But the crowds were in good spirits and the atmosphere was festive.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2017
  • And these, like in Earth’s atmosphere, will form clouds and fall as rain.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The atmosphere of the restaurant is gritty and a bit goth-punk.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
  • But this is spring training, where the atmosphere is lighter and the crowd sits extra close to the field.
    Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • This year, there is a very different atmosphere around the school and the team.
    Jeff Seidel, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • On cue, the duo are taking the current atmosphere as a call to arms.
    Vogue, 16 Sep. 2019
  • What kind of atmosphere does that make for behind the scenes?
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The atmosphere surrounding the team has changed, and the Dodgers are better for it.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2023
  • Why not add to the atmosphere with some on-sale heavy-duty string lights when the dusk sets in?
    Grace Smith, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2023
  • Heat domes are best seen in the upper levels of the atmosphere.
    Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 10 July 2020
  • At that time, some of the starlight is absorbed by the planet’s atmosphere.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2022
  • The case just doesn’t support eight episodes, even with all the good acting and the stew-thick atmosphere.
    Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 20 June 2020
  • That’s because the effects of CO2 in the atmosphere are long-lived.
    Marcello Rossi, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2023
  • The heat is deeply ingrained in the walls and atmosphere, inescapable to all those who come here.
    Richard Quest, CNN, 8 May 2023
  • When that hot air arrives over land, the atmosphere traps the hot air as if a lid was put on it.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
  • The sketch goes on to mock the trial’s circus-like atmosphere.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 26 May 2022
  • Once trapped inside the wood, all that carbon stays out of the atmosphere.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Their soft, flickering light can help create a calm and relaxing atmosphere at dinner or later in the evening.
    Ana Morales, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Many exhibit the rich sense of atmosphere, chiaroscuro lighting, and preoccupation with the dark side of human nature that would become so prevalent in the 1940s.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2024

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