How to Use western hemisphere in a Sentence

western hemisphere

noun
  • In the western hemisphere, the jaguar is the largest and best known of the black cats.
    Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 17 June 2023
  • If China were in charge of the western hemisphere, the first day would be the beginning of the end of our drug culture.
    Elgin Courier-News, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere, has long been in crisis.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • But the 27-meter platform — the tallest in the western hemisphere at nearly nine stories — is just part of the big news.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Moving the iconic statue—which is the largest sphinx in the western hemisphere—takes more than a dolly and a few burly movers.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 13 June 2019
  • That set Kring searching for an impact crater in the western hemisphere.
    Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2016
  • Built in the early 1650s, Drax Hall is believed to be the oldest Jacobean structure in the western hemisphere.
    Time, 6 July 2023
  • The first specimen ever to bloom in the western hemisphere occurred here in 1937.
    Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 21 June 2019
  • Here were a set of amendments arising from the bloodiest war in the history of the western hemisphere.
    Ryan Cooper, The Week, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Venus will be at its highest point Sunday in excellent view for those on the Earth's western hemisphere.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 4 June 2023
  • Stargazers on the western hemisphere will still see the brighter moon after sunset, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Singer's door at the Georgia Aquarium, the largest in the western hemisphere with 10 million gallons of water, took 50 hours to create and install.
    Fernando Alfonso Iii, CNN, 6 Oct. 2019
  • Getting there: More than a million cruise ship passengers pass through the port of San Juan every year, making it the second-largest cruise port in the western hemisphere.
    Valerie Marino, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The five deep-draft river ports in Louisiana include the largest by tonnage in the western hemisphere, and more than 500 million tons of cargo pass through this stretch each year.
    Boyce Upholt, Time, 9 May 2019
  • This week's hybrid solar eclipse is visible largely at sea in the western hemisphere.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Harapan was only the third Sumatran rhino born at the zoo and was serving as the last ambassador of his species in the western hemisphere before his departure.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
  • That was the lowest pressure ever recorded in the western hemisphere until Hurricane Wilma in 2005.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 1 Sep. 2019
  • With the western hemisphere’s hottest months approaching, some scorching hits are prime for club rotations, road trip playlists, or simply a soundtrack to your summer love.
    Tara Aquino, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2022
  • In response to a question about long border waits, Peters pointed out the increasing number of border crossings at San Ysidro — the busiest land port of entry in the western hemisphere.
    Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2021
  • As one of the western hemisphere's poorest nations, Nicaragua is in a worse position than most to fight off any potential outbreak inside its borders.
    Natalie Gallón, CNN, 24 Mar. 2020
  • And why is this been allowed is because the last two administrations, President Biden, and President Trump has failed in the western hemisphere to build our allies.
    ABC News, 25 June 2023
  • Building on the belief that bees broke away from the predatory wasp to become collectors of nectar and pollen, the western hemisphere’s flora-rich tropical regions could be thanks to bees.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2023
  • In the past, technology development has been skewed to suit the needs of specific demographics, namely wealthy white men in the western hemisphere.
    John Jarosz, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The virus was eradicated in the western hemisphere in 1994 but exists in some polio-endemic countries, and it has been detected in other places worldwide.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • More than 30 other countries have similar birthright citizenship laws, most in the western hemisphere.
    Megan Janetsky, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2019
  • The satellite remains above the western hemisphere, beaming down full-color images of the continental United States every 15 minutes.
    Pratheek Rebala, Time, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Was misinformation spread through social media by some of Trump's supporters to blame for creating this new threat to democracy in our western hemisphere?
    NBC News, 15 Jan. 2023
  • In the western hemisphere, Venezuela is also in free fall under its socialist government; almost seven million people have left the country since 2014, a quarter of the population.
    Peter Bergen, CNN, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The May Festival is the longest continually running choral festival in the western hemisphere.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Guatemala is one of the western hemisphere's poorest nations; roughly 80% of its Indigenous people live in poverty; malnutrition is also prevalent, according to the United Nations.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2023

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