Examples of northerly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective or adverb Perched in the northerly Linyanti Concession along its namesake river, DumaTau is Wilderness Safaris' latest addition to its portfolio. — Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022 At the northerly tip of the Philippine island of Palawan, El Nido is the ideal base for a diving adventure. — Joe Minihane, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022 Hours later on Monday morning, that moisture will combine with a northerly system and open up the skies over Houston, according to meteorologists with the National Weather Service (NWS) in League City. — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 18 Mar. 2022 Tonight: Winds slowly subside toward merely 20 mph northerly gusts as the evening wears on. — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022 Shares in Jinzhou Port, China's most northerly seaport with direct shipping routes to Russia, has shot up 94% on the Shanghai Stock Exchange since Feb. 24, when Russia invaded Ukraine. — Laura He, CNN, 8 Mar. 2022 The journey, made two to three times daily, connects Westray, an island on the edge of Scotland's northerly Orkney archipelago, to the smaller, even more remote island of Papa Westray. — Barry Neild, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022 Again, the afternoon may be breezy with winds under a northerly flow. — oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2021 Heading into Aniak, his team got turned around by northerly winds and started going backward. — Greg Kim, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2022 See More

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