winter

Example Sentences

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If you've seen forecasts of snow next week flash up on your social media feed over the last few days, you may be thinking that winter is about to return.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

This year forecasts for nuts and other food are better, but as the animals have emerged from winter hibernation there have also been record numbers of sightings, according to local media.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Employment fell by 133,000 in February during a severe winter freeze when parking was hard to find and people stayed off the road.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Rebecca, George’s daughter, is metaphorically a winter lamb, which yields a lesson that it isn’t nice to exclude people or animals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

After all, as Renn had said, it was still a bear; once it must have hunted salmon and browsed on berries, and slumbered through the winter.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver