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Recent Examples of wintry Conveniently sheltering their attractions from the elements, the best indoor water parks in the U.S. can become toasty escapes on the wintriest or rainiest days. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023 It’s all very wintry and chilly and dark, but lovely as well. Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023 Bridget Torres is a prominent national news weather forecaster who comes to the magical, wintry town of Leavenworth, Washington, where Christmas traditions prevail each holiday season. al, 2 Dec. 2022 Yet Saturday’s temperatures, so reminiscent of early winter, did not seem especially wintry. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for wintry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wintry
Adjective
  • Spring 2025 in New York City is off to a wet, gray and chilly start.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • But nights will remain chilly for March, with lows in the 50s inland and possibly reaching 60 on the coast.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Her makeup, too, was equally icy, with a metallic silvery-white shadow brushed under her brow as a highlight and dramatic black eyeliner winged all the way out to the outer corner of her brows, plus a pair of light blue-gray contacts enhanced by majorly fluttery, lush lashes.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 9 Dec. 2024
  • White cautioned those traveling north of Indianapolis this weekend, however, should be mindful of potentially snowier, icier road conditions.
    Christopher Cann, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • No longer enthusiastic about their road trip, the Brits are cold and looking a little nervous.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The nights are cold still, though bundling up is certainly an option.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Carol is brittle and reserved, but Blanchett is its resilient heart.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The ivy on the wall behind the pool was brittle and charred, rubble littered the deck, and the water shone like a black mirror.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • When three deer fell through thin ice at a Wisconsin lake, police used a drone to guide them out of the frigid water and onto the shore.
    Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Search and recovery diving instructor Juan Heredia, founder of the nonprofit Angels Recovery Dive Team, found Dane after a two-hour dive in the frigid waters of the Siletz River in Lincoln County, Ore., about three miles downstream from the boy’s home, per CNN.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • People are going to be very chill and normal, like the internet always is.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Canada’s been chill with legal weed since 2018, and Germany is heading there too.
    Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Experts offer tips to protect against common health hazards in freezing temperatures.
    Dina Mishev Max Whittaker, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
  • My days there were filled with engaging scientific lectures on the ship, land excursions, kayaking among towering glaciers, and even a polar plunge in the freezing waters.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Forty-seven tracks into Rush 50 — a new career-spanning anthology presenting 50 songs across nearly five hours — a cool sonic Easter egg arrives.
    Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Levi’s never lose their cool factor, so these are a safe investment.
    Claudia Fisher, Parents, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Wintry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wintry. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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