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
  • Berglund’s brigade is among the northernmost ground forces on earth.
    Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • 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 reaches of the system could see as much as a foot of snow.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • The northernmost point of the project is about four miles south of Calvert’s rental properties.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 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
  • Svalbard is one of the northernmost settlements in the world.
    Sarah Rappaport, Fortune, 10 May 2024
  • The northernmost part of the Bronx’s western border is the Hudson River.
    Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • 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
  • Canyon Village is a sprawling complex in the heart of the park located 35 miles from the northernmost entrance.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 8 July 2024
  • Prune soon after flowering (March or April in the southernmost zones and May or June in the northernmost) to remove dead wood and shape the plant.
    Rebecca Bull Reed, Southern Living, 10 June 2024
  • The northernmost one is wedged into an ice field in Svalbard, Norway.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The species was discovered in the Batangas region of Luzon, the northernmost large island of the Philippines.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 May 2024
  • Arizona is home to a small but crucial population of ocelots, which exists at the northernmost part of the species' range.
    Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The lights are often visible from the northernmost part of the globe, including in some parts of Iceland, Canada, and Alaska.
    Chantelle Lee, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024

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