How to Use atmosphere in a Sentence

atmosphere

noun
  • The food was good but the restaurant has no atmosphere.
  • Experts have noticed changes in the atmosphere.
  • The planets have different atmospheres.
  • Meteoroids burn up as they pass through Earth's atmosphere.
  • What are your thoughts on the atmosphere of the White Out?
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Wind shear is the change of wind speed and strength with height in the atmosphere.
    Judson Jones, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The church wasn’t full the first night, but the atmosphere was electric.
    Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 15 Nov. 2018
  • The atmosphere of the games is great, and the girls have all become so close.
    Steve Millar, Daily Southtown, 15 May 2018
  • These guys in their atmosphere got the best of us tonight.
    Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Credit a change in decor and a shift to a zen-like atmosphere for part of the change.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2020
  • But the crowds were in good spirits and the atmosphere was festive.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2017
  • And these, like in Earth’s atmosphere, will form clouds and fall as rain.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The atmosphere of the restaurant is gritty and a bit goth-punk.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
  • But this is spring training, where the atmosphere is lighter and the crowd sits extra close to the field.
    Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • This year, there is a very different atmosphere around the school and the team.
    Jeff Seidel, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • On cue, the duo are taking the current atmosphere as a call to arms.
    Vogue, 16 Sep. 2019
  • What kind of atmosphere does that make for behind the scenes?
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The atmosphere surrounding the team has changed, and the Dodgers are better for it.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2023
  • Why not add to the atmosphere with some on-sale heavy-duty string lights when the dusk sets in?
    Grace Smith, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2023
  • Heat domes are best seen in the upper levels of the atmosphere.
    Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 10 July 2020
  • At that time, some of the starlight is absorbed by the planet’s atmosphere.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2022
  • The case just doesn’t support eight episodes, even with all the good acting and the stew-thick atmosphere.
    Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 20 June 2020
  • The heat is deeply ingrained in the walls and atmosphere, inescapable to all those who come here.
    Richard Quest, CNN, 8 May 2023
  • When that hot air arrives over land, the atmosphere traps the hot air as if a lid was put on it.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
  • The sketch goes on to mock the trial’s circus-like atmosphere.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 26 May 2022
  • Once trapped inside the wood, all that carbon stays out of the atmosphere.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 27 Jan. 2020
  • And the stained glass in the main room at Ocean Way sets an inspiring atmosphere.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The air became muffled and smoke still was lying atop the atmosphere of the dome.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Sea grass stores large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 July 2019
  • But there was a party atmosphere at most of the tables.
    Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 27 Oct. 2019

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