How to Use the Pacific Northwest in a Sentence

the Pacific Northwest

noun

• Barred owls have lived in the Pacific Northwest since the 1950s.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2023
• More than a third of the sightings come from the Pacific Northwest.
  — Josie Howell | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• Plus, there’s the travel to the Pacific Northwest, which can take a toll.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• It was then bought by the small, upstart chain called Haggen from the Pacific Northwest.
  — Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 1 Mar. 2024
• But for the two half-share members in the Pacific Northwest, the path is treacherous.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
• Dear Amy: My husband has lived in the Pacific Northwest since 1966.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
• Sasha’s book is also about punk in the Pacific Northwest.
  — Sadie Dupuis, SPIN, 21 Feb. 2023
• The almanac added that the Pacific Northwest could see cloudy and cool weather at the beginning of the spring season.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
• Hops love warm, sunny days — and those happen to be longer and hotter in the Pacific Northwest.
  — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023
• More snow is on the way to California and the Pacific Northwest, but the boys of summer aren’t going to wait any longer.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
• Most people—even those who have spent their whole lives in the Pacific Northwest, where ice worms live—have never heard of them.
  — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
• Most steelhead fishing takes place in the Pacific Northwest in large coastal rivers.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 12 June 2024
• The 2024 wildfire season has gotten off to a blazing start in the Pacific Northwest.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2024
• Still, Jocelyn — a 30-something in the Pacific Northwest — couldn’t shake the feeling that his abuse was her fault.
  — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
• Head to the Pacific Northwest — heck, head straight into the rain forest with this sweater coat and its convenient hood that lies flat when not in use.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
• Jeff Bezos is moving from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• The arrival of a trough from the Pacific Northwest will bring back with it the marine layer, which was eroded and squished by the high pressure that gave rise to the recent heat.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
• Snow continues with a storm moving through the Pacific Northwest and out into the Plains.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• Fire weather alerts were most prevalent in the Pacific Northwest and the Four Corners region.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• The refuge is considered to be a lasting example of what the Pacific Northwest looked like over 100 years ago.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2024
• While these regions heat up, the Pacific Northwest can expect a cool down by next weekend.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 June 2024
• In the Pacific Northwest, ice storm warnings were in effect through this morning.
  — Carolyn Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 17 Jan. 2024
• Burgundian wine families have been putting down roots here for decades, to the point that the valley has been dubbed the Burgundy of the Pacific Northwest.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2024
• But the summers of the Pacific Northwest beguiled him, along with an arty scene of kindred directors.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• More than 50 cities from the Pacific Northwest to Arizona are expected to break record highs through Wednesday.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 July 2024
• Between 5 million and 12 million years ago, enormous salmon swam through the waters of what is now the Pacific Northwest.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
• The closure applies to adult fall-run chinook and deals a blow to the Pacific Northwest's salmon fishing industry.
  — Julie Watson and Lisa Baumann, ajc, 7 Apr. 2023
• The '90s rocker sold millions of albums with the group and helped popularize the Pacific Northwest's grunge scene.
  — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
• Another Asian practice that has found its way to the shores of the Pacific Northwest is the Japanese art of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing.
  — Zoe Baillargeon, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2023
• These features are most popular in temperate climates like the Pacific Northwest and Southeast.
  — Jamie Gold, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024