How to Use south in a Sentence

south

1 of 3 adverb
Definition of southnext
  • The birds fly south in the winter.
  • It's a mile south of here.
  • The company's profits have gone south in recent months.
  • The TV show's ratings have been heading south.
  • Turn south onto Elm Street.
  • The driver of the Accord drove away from the scene, heading south, the statement said.
    — Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
  • At this point, Russian units are north, east, and south, less than a mile away as the shell flies.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The storms will march south into northern Ohio in the coming hours.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The bus and a black sedan were headed south on Stonewall Tell Road, nearing the intersect ...
    — Rosana Hughes, ajc, 9 Aug. 2023
  • That’s east of the last spit of mainland before the causeway running south to the Dauphin Island Bridge.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Due to the solar storm, the Northern Lights will be seen farther south than usual this week.
    — Solcyre Burga, Time, 9 July 2023
  • The smoke plume has already reached as far south as Alabama.
    — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 17 July 2023
  • The two funds have higher margins of safety and carry less risk in case the markets turn south.
    — Moneyshow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Officers found the forklift heading south through the city and gave chase at speeds between 15 and 20 mph.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Sunshine helps highs make a run into the mid-60s for most and a few spots (mainly south and southwest of the District) could flirt with 70.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Some areas south and west of the Kansas City area could see gusty winds and hail Thursday morning.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
  • By Sunday the ridge of high pressure will move eastward and open the door to a damp and cool system moving south from the Gulf of Alaska.
    — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2023
  • There’s also a chance for some thunder, mainly south and east.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • El Niño causes the Pacific jet stream to move south and spread further east.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • And sometimes, the entertainment is reading how the AMAs go south.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 1 July 2023
  • Make your way south to Portillo from June to September.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Turn right on Seventh Avenue and head south to downtown.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024
  • From there, the ship makes its way south to Curacao before crossing the Panama Canal.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Miller said that south central Wisconsin around Janesville and just south saw the most rainfall with close to 2.5 inches.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Though not long after the wedding bells rang, things started going south.
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In the wintertime, that heat dome, or the high-pressure center, would get pushed south ... closer to the Caribbean.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Showers could pepper the region tomorrow morning, with best odds as one heads south or east of the city.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • Their trucks left around 9 p.m. and headed south for the group’s warehouse, according to the Israeli military.
    — Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2024
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south

2 of 3 adjective
  • The Midland will cross the the north side of the bridge and the south side will not have sidewalk.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Rosa said the south side of the island, which bore the brunt of the storm, has the largest plantain and banana farms.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2022
  • On the south side, where tender plants and fruit can best survive the cold?
    — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Located on about 83 acres at the south end of the city, all but nine acres of the mall are owned by the city.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The family lived at the south end of Ickes, land where the new school would be built.
    — Mick Dumke, ProPublica, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Thursday Police were called to the 1300 block of West Burnham Street on the south side.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Having Maddon in the dugout on the south side of Chicago might be a very good move.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Among the landslides in the last year-plus, ones in the south end of the city caused the rail line to be closed for months because of track damage.
    — Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The first aircraft was found on the south side of Niwot Road, while the second aircraft was found on the north side.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 17 Sep. 2022
  • This will bring a warm, mild air mass from the south central plains to Wisconsin.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Wilmer is a small town in south Dallas County about 50 miles from Fort Worth.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2024
  • At the south end of the half-finished dune, a thick pipe discharged a slurry of sand and water, pumped up from the ocean bed.
    — Christopher Flavelle Tailyr Irvine, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The event was held at Ziegfeld Ballroom, located a few blocks from the south end of Central Park.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 17 May 2023
  • The initial tremor struck near the south-central Turkish city of Gaziantep at 4:17 a.m. local time.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Wade into the water on the south end of the beach and take a swim with the graceful reptiles found gathering there.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Wanda Buchanan, a teacher, has lived for 49 years in the same home on Chisholm Trail, a road that overlooks large fields on the south edge of town.
    — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • There is a drive-through lane, and one access point on the south side of the lot, matching up with Old Indian Trail Road across the street.
    — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Based on the current wind pattern, ash fall events may most likely occur on the south side of the volcano.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 June 2023
  • The first aircraft was found in a field on the south side of Niwot Road and the second was discovered tangled in trees on the north side.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Our neighbors to the south, Ohio, prefer Doritos as their snack of choice, which comes in No. 2 for Michigan.
    — Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The developers also agreed to build a drainage swale to divert runoff on the south side of the property.
    — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2023
  • That gymnasium building connected to the south end of the main church will be home to the restaurant and whiskey bar.
    — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2023
  • There is a slope of 60 feet from the south end of the property to the north end, limiting the size of any building constructed on the site, Kaelin said.
    — Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2022
  • In the south, grenache blanc and a few other varieties add zip and interest.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • Confined to the south side of the road, the path would necessitate removal of some 60 parking spaces.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Perhaps the biggest repercussion of the melt-off, or at least the most visible this year, is the debris flows on the south side of the mountain.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Croc Rock is on the south end of the property, adjacent to Bobcat Bayou.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The north side of the island is protected from the Atlantic by Cape Poge and Nantucket, but the south side is fully exposed to the ocean.
    — Tom Moriarty, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Winchester floats in the shaded enclosure on the south end of Gatorland.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Both vehicles came to a final rest in the private driveway on the south side of the roadway, according to the report.
    — Alexandria Brown, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2022
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south

3 of 3 noun
  • The wind blew from the south.
  • Parts of the South were hit hard by the storm.
  • I grew up in the South.
  • The birds migrate from the South.
  • Highs will peak in the mid-40s northwest to the lower 50s south.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Winds mostly from the south keep us mild over the weekend, with highs in the 50s and lows in the 40s.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Winds blow from the south and southwest around 5 to 10 mph.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
  • So take your pick, from Grand Bahama in the north to Inagua in the south.
    — Noelle Khalila Nicolls, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The region of Bryansk borders Belarus to the west and Ukraine to the south.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2023
  • An increasing breeze from the south keeps things mild with highs in the 60s again.
    — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The food is so different from south to north and east to west.
    — Russell Flannery, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • But there are not a lot of people in the global south who speak Finnish.
    — WIRED, 11 Sep. 2023
  • As her uncles pack their things, one of them talks about fleeing to the south.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The part of the 140-square-mile territory that shares a border with Egypt is in the south.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Bombs were falling on those who sought shelter in the south, too.
    — Rozina Ali, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Many took refuge in Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, in the south.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The Ukrainian military aims to reclaim land in the south and east of the country.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Dora was going to miss Hawaii, passing by far to the south.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2023
  • For example, a crow seen flying from the east or the south was a favorable sign, the site added.
    — Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The Category 4 storm is churning more than 800 miles away from the island to the south, which is close enough to fan the flames.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The retractable solar panels are said to produce up to 1000W when the car is parked and the tent is open and facing south.
    — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The larger basin in the south is home to the green anaconda from which the northern green anaconda comes.
    — USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Moderate drought areas have shrunk to five spots in Ohio, with two in the northwest part of the state, two in the south, and a band in the northeast.
    — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 20 July 2023
  • To the south, the old manufacturing city of Fort Smith has lived in that shadow.
    — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2023
  • Factory employees lived in scores of homes to the south.
    — The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The remains of the second one, which occurred in January, can be seen to the south and a little east of the current event.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
  • These are factors that most racing in the south could not currently meet.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Vinyl pools are sold in most areas, while fiberglass is most popular in the south.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Police said Holbert hit a 13-year-old boy who was biking across the crosswalk from south to north.
    — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2024
  • In my native country, Iraq, people who live on marshes in the south have built floating-reed dwellings for thousands of years.
    — The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024

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