How to Use autumn in a Sentence
autumn
noun- When autumn came he planted grass.
- She went off to college in the autumn of 1999.
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The queen then stays in the nest for the rest of her life, which ends in autumn.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2025
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The others close in the spring and reopen in the late autumn.
—Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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And the bounds of work fell away like autumn leaves and were swept away.
—Jeff Bradford, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
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The fjord is key for fishing in the autumn, when the open sea is too harsh.
—Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
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Try to build a lawn chair out of loose sticks and autumn leaves.
—Allie Levitan, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2020
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In the autumn light, the contrast between the furrows of muck and the lime oceans of cane glow.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
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In many ways, this time of year and then the early days of autumn are hard to beat.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 May 2023
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Rivers wondered about the near term: What will the autumn look like?
—STAT, 20 Apr. 2021
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De Souza is going on tour in the summer and the autumn.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2025
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In autumn, the ranch holds chuck wagon races and trail rides.
—Colleen Creamer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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The rest of that group is scattered like so many autumn leaves.
—Scott Miller, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2022
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But a long, dry autumn makes up for a cold winter and a cool spring.
—Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
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In the autumn air wafts the sweet spice of apple butter.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2022
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The band will then take a break before resuming the tour in the autumn.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2024
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That mode was cut to six months with the launch of the ’T’ models every autumn.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 15 June 2021
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Thursday was the first day of fall, also known as the autumn equinox.
—Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
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But there is still time for an autumn ramble through the city.
—Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2020
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The first two, from GSK and Pfizer, were approved last spring and were rolled out for the first time in the autumn.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 26 June 2024
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Last spring that white oak still had its brown autumn leaves.
—baltimoresun.com, 22 Apr. 2021
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And the dry autumn and Santa Ana winds could be signs of a summer drought.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2020
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That would have been in the late summer/early autumn of '84.
—David Chiu, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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In the autumn of his life, Solomon wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
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Share [Findings] Mars gained and then lost a second moon in the autumn.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
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Winchester, at 11 years old, is in the autumn of his life.
—Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2021
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Come in late spring or autumn for pleasant temperatures and all-day adventures.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
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Blue-black fruits invite songbirds to feast from late summer through autumn, when the foliage turns shades of yellow, orange, and red.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
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Rosy paintbrushes and blue and white columbines line the path in July, followed by golden willows in autumn.
—Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
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Its fur was the mottled grey and russet brown of autumn leaves, the tip of its tail black, as if dipped in paint.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
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