tropic

Example Sentences

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The country boasts having the highest number of hummingbirds and bats, attributed to its tropic climate and proximity to the equator.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

The engine that powers every tropic cyclone is convection: enormous volumes of moist, rising air create a vacuum at the surface that sucks in surrounding air as spiraling winds.

From Scientific American • Jun. 1, 2023

To explore further, select one of the biomes on the extended playlist: desert, savanna, temperate forest, temperate grassland, tropic, tundra.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron De Santis, this year’s event’s marquee speaker, canceled his in-person appearance on Friday because of a possible tropic storm in the U.S. southeast.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2021

It was going to Halifax and the cold turn the weather had taken and his insufficient clothing made him desire a trip to the tropic Sugar Isles above all else.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes