How to Use northernmost in a Sentence

northernmost

adjective
  • And here’s the northernmost gate, next to the pool house.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 Oct. 2023
  • This is when the sun travels along its northernmost path in the sky.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
  • But the best bet is to head for the northernmost parts of the Highlands or the Shetland Islands.
    Caroline Hallemann, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The northernmost parts of the state will see the smallest amount of the eclipse, while cities to the south will experience more.
    Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Our first stop on the weeklong trip was the northernmost city on the coast, Astoria.
    Johannes Lichtman, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2021
  • This is the precise moment when the sun stands still at its northernmost point as seen from Earth.
    Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 19 June 2023
  • The $75 bus ride from New York City to Plattsburgh, one of the northernmost bus stations in the state, would take about seven hours.
    Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura José A. Alvarado Jr., New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The better chance will be in the northernmost counties today and tonight.
    Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 7 July 2023
  • The city claims to be the northernmost community in the United States.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 23 July 2023
  • The imagery shows that the northernmost and southernmost vehicles were more than a mile and a half apart.
    Aric Toler, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The crash happened about 7 p.m. Thursday roughly 51 miles south-southwest of Utqiaġvik, which claims to be the northernmost city in the U.S.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 July 2023
  • When the Beagle retrieved him from his adventures, the ship went on to survey the northernmost reaches of the chain.
    Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2023
  • The energy world has for decades looked to oil rigs 100 miles off the coast of Scotland’s northernmost islands to help set the price of global crude.
    David Uberti, WSJ, 31 May 2023
  • Snow buntings are the northernmost passerine (perching) bird and have been reported at the North Pole.
    Richard B. Karel, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Utqiaġvik is the northernmost city in the United States, according to the city’s website.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN, 22 July 2023
  • Just outside of Kiruna, the northernmost city in Sweden, travelers can make their way to the small village of Kilpisjärvi.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Since the beginning of May, the small bodies of hundreds of penguins have washed ashore on the northernmost coasts of New Zealand.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 June 2022
  • In February, more than two-thirds of the fires in Brazil have occurred in Roraima, the country’s northernmost state.
    Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Afterwards, drive north to The Sea Shack takeout at the northernmost tip of the peninsula for a fresh lobster roll.
    Laura Hampson, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The northernmost one is wedged into an ice field in Svalbard, Norway.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Grandview Beach This narrow spit backed by high bluffs is one of the northernmost beaches in Encinitas.
    Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The rest of us set out on our own to complete the trip’s final objective: to find and document the northernmost tree in Alaska.
    Ben Weissenbach, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2021
  • Some Tunisians are sending their families out of the cities to the country's northernmost beaches.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • On the summer solstice, the sun’s daily northward movement in the sky appears to pause, and the sun rises and sets at its northernmost points on the horizon.
    Justin Grieser, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • Those who wish to venture even farther, right past the northernmost tip of the island to be exact, will be rewarded.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Or, journey to the northernmost town in the United States and stay in Utqiagvik (formerly known as Barrow).
    Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The northernmost part was called Logan Heights, with the southern part referred to as Barrio Logan.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
  • For trendy restaurants and trophy fishing, look to Montauk at the northernmost point of Long Island.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 13 May 2023
  • And, perhaps unsurprisingly, the northernmost states have this one in the bag.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The northernmost stretches of Sweden are part of a greater nordic region known as Lapland.
    Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2022

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