How to Use the northeast in a Sentence

the northeast

noun
Definition of the northeastnext
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • This year, spring arrived at least 20 days earlier for many parts of the US, most notably in the northeast.
    — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The majority of the best states for work-life balance are on the coast, with most located in the northeast.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2023
  • These precincts are located in the northeast corner of the county.
    — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Planetary Parade The who’s who of the night sky will align above the northeast to southeast horizon on June 3.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2024
  • Those four counties are part of a larger region in the northeast corner of Texas that is burdened by some of the highest levels of heart illnesses in the country.
    — Mark Johnson, Washington Post, 29 July 2024

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