How to Use north of in a Sentence

north of

idiomatic phrase
Definition of north ofnext
  • The suburb of Flint is about 60 miles north of Detroit.
    — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2024
  • The new store will be about 15 miles north of Dollywood.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 15 June 2023
  • And here, in a stretch of the Arctic Ocean 250 miles north of where they’d ever been seen before: capelin.
    — William Von Herff, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • The search was focused on a remote area about 8 miles north of London.
    — CBS News, 9 Sep. 2024
  • At the time the family had been north of Gaza City and could not find antibiotics.
    — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • This appeared to be true not only of Britain, but of Europe as a whole north of the Mediterranean.
    — WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Asking when time began would be like asking what’s north of the North Pole.
    — WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
  • One of the best examples is the Peneda-Gerês National Park, in the far north of the country.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The Lava River Cave north of Flagstaff is 42 degrees year round.
    — The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The lawyer then evicted her from Woods' $54 million mansion north of Palm Beach.
    — CBS News, 8 May 2023
  • Allen is a suburb of Dallas, located about 25 miles north of the city.
    — Matt Meyer, CNN, 7 May 2023
  • But the destruction is much worse in the city centre, which has been levelled north of the Vovcha River.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The Danube River marks the border between the two countries, just north of Tulcea.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Two parking lots — one to the north of City Hall and the other to the east — will also be redeveloped.
    — Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Caribou, near its northern apex, lies 400 miles north of Boston, a drive of more than six hours.
    — Jenna Russell Greta Rybus, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • She was found at a lake near Sanford, about 25 miles north of Orlando.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Photos showed damage from north of the town of Tours to Penelope and in the China Spring area, the weather service said.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The Feather River is about a 40-mile drive north of Sacramento.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
  • The Reina family began making a sweet liqueur in the town north of Milan, Italy, more than 500 years ago, Cullins said.
    — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The crash occurred on Alabama 127 near the 9 mile marker, about two miles north of Elkmont.
    — Greg Garrison | [email protected], al, 10 June 2023
  • The tracks, which are roughly a mile long, appear just north of As-Saifa in the northeast corner of Gaza, not far from the Israeli border.
    — Laris Karklis, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Or, travel 10 minutes north of your cabin to tackle the steep 3.5-mile out-and-back up Good Luck Mountain.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The common adder is one of only two venomous snakes in Germany and the only snake known to live north of the Arctic Circle.
    — Byphie Jacobs, science.org, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Dozens have been camping out in protest around the clock on a popular tourist beach at Kaanapali, a few miles north of Lahaina.
    — CBS News, 29 Dec. 2023
  • But things are just getting right north of the Mason-Dixon line—considerably north that is.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 22 May 2024
  • Idalia made landfall about 320 miles north of Fort Myers Beach, dredging up painful reminders of past storms.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Joan lived in a big, woody loft north of Union Square, in an old building where the elevator opened into the living room.
    — Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
  • His family couldn’t afford the nicer shops north of the tracks, and no one pushed the segregation issue.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The total tab would be north of $190 million between exit fees and penalties.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Chicago will be right on the line of rain and snow with only a few inches of sloppy snow possible in the city and up to 5 to 10 inches west and north of the city.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2024

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