How to Use arctic in a Sentence

arctic

1 of 2 adjective
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  • The group is involved in Arctic exploration.
  • The arctic front, called a bomb cyclone, isn’t out of here yet.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Through late in the week, the East will warm up, while the Rockies and the Plains will cool down because of the next blast of arctic air.
    — NBC News, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The parkas are full length, made from the skins of gray and reddish-brown arctic ground squirrels.
    — Emily Schwing, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The parkas are full-length, made from the skins of gray and reddish-brown arctic ground squirrels.
    — Emily Schwing, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • A few years ago, during an arctic cold, their schools shut down for three days and my head hurt the whole time.
    — Kate Milgrom, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2021
  • This week, snow flurries and an arctic chill are in the air for millions across the nation.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The difference is that a chilly arctic breeze shook these leaves to the ground at least 2 million years ago.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • This must be Santa's fault bringing the arctic air from his home!
    — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Experts blame the same arctic system that hit the United States last month.
    — John Yoon, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • An arctic cold front froze much of the nation over Christmas, pushing ducks and geese south.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Another round of arctic air is moving in across the Great Lakes.
    — Janice Dean, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Feeling chill: In my first visits, an arctic wind was blowing back in the Q-S rows of the main level.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2023
  • As the sun rose on the East Coast an arctic front was evident, passing into the Atlantic.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • First, the arctic storm of February 2021 destroyed the crop that was just beginning to set.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The snow has fallen, now the arctic freeze has settled over Minnesota.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Some arctic air is possible in the first week of February this year.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Cold arctic air will move in from the southwest late Friday and into Christmas Eve.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Frontal snow squalls occur ahead, along, or behind an arctic front.
    — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Irruption years, in which many of the birds are spotted south, are believed to be linked to arctic food sources, researchers say.
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2022
  • This entire set is themed to inspire that iconic battle from Episode V, so even Chewy has some arctic flair to him.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2022
  • This arctic air is expected to stick around for much of the nation through Thanksgiving week.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Polar bears stay warm in arctic temperatures thanks to the unique structure of their fur, the researchers said.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Wednesday will see a slight chance for rain and snow to mix as highs climb to about 40 before arctic conditions return.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Park Ranger David Young said that the refuge is approaching its peak season for crane viewing, and the arctic blast sweeping the country may drive more cranes to the refuge this week.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Thankfully, this arctic blast is on its way out the door as a storm system slowly approaches from the north.
    — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Martinez had struck out in all four of his official at-bats in Games 4 and 5, part of a team-wide funk that has whipped the bat rack like an arctic blast on a hot summer day.
    — New York Times, 21 Oct. 2021
  • During the winter, the arctic landscape is covered by a thick blanket of pretty snow.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Colorado Springs had a high temperature of only 8 degrees Saturday morning as an arctic cold blast swept through the state Friday night.
    — Jacob Factor, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Next weekend's weather forecast has the makings of another arctic blast hitting much of the country, though not as powerfully as the one still causing shivers to most Americans.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
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arctic

2 of 2 noun
  • There was also a span of record-setting arctic-like days.
    — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The arctic is warming nearly 3 times faster than the rest of the planet, destabilizing the jet stream, the river of fast-flowing air that swirls around the North Pole.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
  • The latter are snow geese mostly, but also many of the hawks and other raptors that stop en route north to the Canadian arctic.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • Nearly pushed to extinction and now holding on in only remote parts of the Rocky Mountains and the arctic, a pair of wolverines gave birth in Minnesota for the first time in decades.
    — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • Winters in the White Mountains often see winds of well over 100 miles an hour and arctic-like temperatures that are well below zero.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021
  • But say a warming arctic is responsible for wacky winter weather in the United States.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2018
  • During a warm period from about 55 million to 14 million years ago, Metasequoia — dawn redwood — trees grew in Canada’s high arctic.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Models hint at another messy mix on Saturday, but nothing arctic is looming on the horizon.
    — Star Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
  • In New Zealand, orcas eat stingrays; in the Norwegian arctic, orcas prefer herring; and in Patagonia, orcas favor sea lion pups.
    — Emilie Richardson, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The one consistent thing about damage from the February arctic blast is its complete inconsistency.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2021
  • In 2016, because of the decreased Caribou herd population, hunters living outside the Northwest arctic were banned from hunting Caribou on federal lands.
    — Maka Monture, Teen Vogue, 24 Sep. 2018
  • There’s no evidence that narwhals have magic horns, but their tusks are playing an important role in helping scientists understand how climate change is impacting the arctic.
    — Sara Tabin, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Researchers are increasingly turning to nature -- including the fjords of the Norwegian arctic, an ancient medieval natural remedy and the dirt under your feet -- for new bacteria to become antibiotics.
    — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 9 Nov. 2020
  • There was also a span of record-setting arctic-like days.
    — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The arctic is warming nearly 3 times faster than the rest of the planet, destabilizing the jet stream, the river of fast-flowing air that swirls around the North Pole.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
  • The latter are snow geese mostly, but also many of the hawks and other raptors that stop en route north to the Canadian arctic.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • Nearly pushed to extinction and now holding on in only remote parts of the Rocky Mountains and the arctic, a pair of wolverines gave birth in Minnesota for the first time in decades.
    — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • Winters in the White Mountains often see winds of well over 100 miles an hour and arctic-like temperatures that are well below zero.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021
  • But say a warming arctic is responsible for wacky winter weather in the United States.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2018
  • During a warm period from about 55 million to 14 million years ago, Metasequoia — dawn redwood — trees grew in Canada’s high arctic.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Models hint at another messy mix on Saturday, but nothing arctic is looming on the horizon.
    — Star Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
  • In New Zealand, orcas eat stingrays; in the Norwegian arctic, orcas prefer herring; and in Patagonia, orcas favor sea lion pups.
    — Emilie Richardson, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The one consistent thing about damage from the February arctic blast is its complete inconsistency.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2021
  • In 2016, because of the decreased Caribou herd population, hunters living outside the Northwest arctic were banned from hunting Caribou on federal lands.
    — Maka Monture, Teen Vogue, 24 Sep. 2018
  • There’s no evidence that narwhals have magic horns, but their tusks are playing an important role in helping scientists understand how climate change is impacting the arctic.
    — Sara Tabin, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Researchers are increasingly turning to nature -- including the fjords of the Norwegian arctic, an ancient medieval natural remedy and the dirt under your feet -- for new bacteria to become antibiotics.
    — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 9 Nov. 2020

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