the Deep South

noun

: the states in the most southern and eastern part of the U.S. and especially Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi

Examples of the Deep South in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There was drought across the West, the upper Midwest, the Deep South and more. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Kenny Gradney, Little Feat Guitarist Lowell George founded Little Feat in the late ’60s as a quartet of Californians who drew heavily on the sounds on the Deep South. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026

Alex Golesh, whose Tigers play Baylor at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the Aflac Kickoff Game on Saturday, has heard plenty about the imbalance in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Film crews quickly set up facades that turned the Pacific Northwest town into the Deep South of the Civil War. — Brian Bull, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the Deep South

• drouth
• mouth
• routh