chiefly British
Examples of summertime in a Sentence
Noun (1)
We go there to pick strawberries in the summertime.
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Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2025
There is no dessert that screams old-fashioned summertime quite like peach cobbler.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
In the past, summer time has been when people’s immunity from their previous vaccine begins to wane.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2025
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Noun
Everything tasted sensational, and the atmosphere was as festive as a Greek island taverna in summertime.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2025
There is no dessert that screams old-fashioned summertime quite like peach cobbler.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
Families around Kansas City can enjoy free and cheap activities across the metro during the summer time.
—Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
In the past, summer time has been when people’s immunity from their previous vaccine begins to wane.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2025
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“Summertime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summertime. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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summertime
noun
sum·mer·time
ˈsəm-ər-ˌtīm 
: the summer season or a period like summer
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