How to Use south-southwest in a Sentence

south-southwest

noun

• Gusty south-southwest winds will turn to come to the northwest in the hours after midnight.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
• 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
• The epicenter was about 11 miles south-southwest of Hualien City, on the island’s Pacific coast.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
• Light but steady south-southwest breezes continue to bring in warm and somewhat muggy air.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• The storm is currently 430 miles south-southwest of Bermuda and is moving north-northwest at 9 mph.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• The outpost will first be visible 10 degrees above the south-southwest horizon.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2023
• Calm wind becoming south-southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2024
• Two weeks later, his upturned boat was found, without him aboard, about 300 miles south-southwest of Acapulco.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
• Forecasters say the wind should shift south-southwest later in the day but could remain gusty, in the range of 25 mph to 35 mph, from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon or evening.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
• That disturbance was located several hundred miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 19 June 2023
• Meanwhile to the east, Hurricane Franklin is gathering strength south-southwest of Bermuda.
  — Time, 27 Aug. 2023
• Hilary was centered about 360 miles south-southwest of Los Cabos by the southern tip of the Baja peninsula as of early Friday.
  — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• Franklin was located 610 miles south-southwest of Bermuda on Saturday afternoon and was tracking to the north-northwest at 8 mph.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 26 Aug. 2023
• On August 23, a medium wind was blowing south-southwest, while milder water currents were pushing north-northwest.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2023
• The plane’s wreckage was located 10 miles south-southwest of the Bridgeport Municipal Airport.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024