How to Use nippy in a Sentence

nippy

adjective
  • The mornings were crisp, the days chilly and the evenings nippy.
    Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2020
  • These are good ways to warm up as the weather gets nippy.
    Janet Kusterer, baltimoresun.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • In Livermore and Concord, the nights will be warmer but still nippy with lows of 39.
    Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Breezes from the southwest are a bit nippy at times, sustained around 10 mph with some gusts over 20 mph.
    Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021
  • When April comes, its puffs of steam hang briefly in the moist, nippy air, surrounded by as much blue as a ship on a sea.
    Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The weather was mixed, sometimes nippy and gray, but nobody seemed to mind.
    Laura Mallonee, WIRED, 10 June 2019
  • Dubbed the Glacier Trail, the new high-performance kicks can be worn in the arctic tundra, the nippy streets of the Big Apple, and beyond.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 7 July 2023
  • The Argentine isn't as nippy as Mertens but certainly knows just where to be in order to score goals.
    SI.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Northerly breezes 5 to 10 mph could feel a bit nippy to our summer souls, especially in the shade!
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2017
  • But for now, when nights get nippy, keep this supersoft alpaca throw on hand.
    Bon Appétit, 26 Apr. 2022
  • There’s a stage for local bands, wooden tables, benches and fire pits, which come in handy on nippy winter nights.
    Robert Philpot, star-telegram.com, 16 Mar. 2016
  • Like a melting pat of minerally, nippy butter bursting in the back of my throat.
    Isha Marathe, Bon Appétit, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Although the current spike in ice bars may be aided by that not-so-subtle big event coming to town, Eastman expects the nippy trend to stick.
    Amelia Rayno, chicagotribune.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Some of Mexico's best waves pound the breezy Baja Peninsula, but waters are quite nippy here in the winter months.
    Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Some of Mexico's best waves pound the breezy Baja Peninsula, but waters are quite nippy here in the winter months.
    Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2023
  • Aside from being beyond adorable, this cozy head covering will keep their ears warm on nippy nighttime walks.
    Christina Vercelletto, CNN Underscored, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Today will be nippy with a wind chill dipping into single digits at times.
    Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 18 Jan. 2021
  • Roasted nuts and apple crumble manage to sneak in, and nippy bitter finish like tamarind closes things out.
    Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Sunny skies and nippy winds are enveloping the Pharmalot campus, where the official mascot is itching to stroll through town and the sounds of the street are wafting through our windows.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Don’t expect to spend too much time swimming though, in your private pool or the shared larger pool by the main lodge, as the water is kept at a nippy temperature to slow evaporation in the strong sun.
    Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Anyone who knows about Cape Town beaches will tell you that the Atlantic waters in this part of the world are nippy at best, yet somehow, the coves and lagoons of this park feel at least a few degrees warmer than their counterparts to the south.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2018
  • Temperatures could get a bit nippy once again, around 30 degrees downtown, with 20s likely outside of the Beltway.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Though the weather isn’t nippy yet, September signals a slower tempo on many hot-spot isles, even after three months of travel frenzy.
    Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • These cute booties offer enough coverage to keep your ankles protected from nippy winds.
    Lindsey Vickers, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2020
  • The walls of the library that Mr. De Smedt presides over are lined with illuminated cabinets kept at a nippy 39 degrees Fahrenheit.
    New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020
  • There are some benefits to the weather downshifting from sweltering to nippy.
    Max Berlinger, GQ, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Think: a breezy pleated skirt with built in athletic shorts, a polo dress with pockets for holding tennis balls, and a cropped topper for match days on extra nippy mornings.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 13 June 2023
  • The Frenchman had already shown his enormous potential, transitioning from a nippy left-winger into one of the Premier League's most feared frontmen.
    SI.com, 8 July 2019
  • The court was hardly full of spectators on the damp, nippy day, unlike on Sunday when the 24-year-old fed off the energy of a packed house and ousted defending champion Garbine Muguruza amid warm sunshine.
    CNN, 6 June 2017
  • The conditions countered last year's first week -- nippy, wet and generally unpleasant for all involved.
    CNN, 29 May 2017

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