northerly

Example Sentences

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If Brora Rangers win the play-off, they would become the most northerly team in UK professional football.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

And it was the site of the UK's most northerly deep coal mine, before the last shafts closed in the 1970s.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

As the rain moves south, winds will turn northerly later, causing temperatures to drop.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

"This finally breaks, allowing a northerly air mass to set in, bringing much drier, brighter conditions, sunshine on the way on Friday and Saturday and a few wintry showers on Friday."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Beyond the cross the road turns more northerly and there is a fork where it divides.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli