How to Use the northeast in a Sentence
the northeast
noun-
The new shows take place in the northeast in April and May.
— Spin Staff, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2023 -
The Scotts lived in South Shields, on the northeast coast.
— Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023 -
Winds should blow from the northeast around 5 to 10 mph.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023 -
Winds blowing out of the north turn to come from the northeast with time.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023 -
In the northeast, floods can wake black bears from their dens.
— WIRED, 25 July 2023 -
Where: The distillery just moved to the center of the very picturesque city of Durham in the northeast.
— Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023 -
This front line stretches from the grassy steppes of the northeast, along the Dnieper River all the way to the Black Sea.
— Lauren Tierney, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023 -
To the northeast lay the pink and mauve and yellow emptiness of the Painted Desert.
— Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2024 -
In the northeast, such deaths increased by more than 100%.
— By Brett Rowland | The Center Square, Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2023 -
Idalia is moving toward the northeast at a speed of about 21 mph, the NWS said.
— Alexis Stevens, ajc, 30 Aug. 2023 -
JetBlue just launched a new way to get to paradise from the northeast.
— Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024 -
Heavy, wet snow up to 2 feet is expected in much of the northeast.
— Julius Lasin, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023 -
Debris was carried for a few more miles to the northeast.
— Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2023 -
Ukraine is on the back foot in the northeast of the country as Russia pushes for gains of its own.
— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023 -
But less than 10 miles to the northeast, in the wealthy city of San Marino, house sparrows were nowhere to be heard.
— Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023 -
That includes the Twin Cities area up to the northeast corner of the state and down to the southwest and southeast corners.
— NBC News, 28 June 2023 -
That includes the Twin Cities area, up to the northeast corner of the state and down to the southwest and southeast corners.
— Melina Walling, Melissa Winder and Trisha Ahmed, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2023 -
The storm also will bring heightened winds from the northeast and east, with the highest gusts in the mountains and deserts — up to 50 or 60 mph.
— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023 -
At the time, says Milsom, his grandpa was still living in the northeast.
— Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024 -
The mountain resorts of the northeast have never had big enough pools for these big fish.
— Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024 -
According to police, seven cars were stolen from a lot in the northeast part of the city.
— Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023 -
Smoke from the fire was causing air pollution over Lake Tahoe, 40 miles to the northeast.
— Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024 -
Santa Anas brought in wind and dry air from the northeast on Wednesday and Thursday.
— Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024 -
Baker County is in the northeast part of the state and borders Idaho.
— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023 -
But the northeast corner of the tree, which was next to a two story building, had burned the hottest and never showed signs of new growth.
— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024 -
In the northeast, the unit came under near constant Russian shelling over the summer.
— Lynsey Addario Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2023 -
Lahaina was in the direct line of downslope winds moving from the northeast to the southwest.
— Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Richard Winton, Alexandra E. Petri and Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023 -
The drone hit a coalition base in the northeast Syrian city of Hasaka.
— Lou Kesten, Bassem Mroue, Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2023 -
Both water plants are on the eastern edge of the city, one very much in the northeast corner, and the other on the eastern side of downtown.
— Abc News, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2023 -
The warning for the Ventura area cited humidity as low as 10% and strong Santa Ana winds from the northeast.
— Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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