How to Use down south in a Sentence

down south

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  • These storms could pack an even bigger punch than those down south.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
  • When grown down south, they are replanted more than once a year.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2024
  • As the temps drop, the apex predators head down south for the winter.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Still not known if kidnapped to Gaza or killed at the party down south.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • More people are packing up and moving down south.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 8 Jan. 2026
  • How did the school end up here down south where it’s not connected to anything?
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Taking care of family has, in part, kept her down south her entire life.
    Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Maybe Strait can cheer up the moody Swift and bring her down south from Destin.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 May 2024
  • The first shock to the system came from a hurricane that knocked out some ports and refineries down south.
    Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The idea was to save the ones who were still well by taking them down south to the 6666 ranch for a year.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 31 May 2024
  • People in Tampa are making their way either further north or down south.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The pool of skilled Korean cooks here is certainly smaller than down south.
    Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Seals and large tuna are abundant in Canadian waters, but what do these large sharks eat down south?
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
  • While sand quickly accumulated on the beach north of the breakwater, down south, the beach was starved of sand.
    Elsa Devienne / Made By History, TIME, 31 July 2024
  • May will be cooler than usual up north, with warmer-than-average temperatures down south.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The team down south would be the Cal Poly Mustangs of the Central Coast.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Roman was still in Kyiv on March 12 when another soldier called from down south.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • From here, park guests can witness the same technicolor sunsets and rust-red canyon views that are famous down south, but with a more relaxed vibe.
    Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 23 June 2022
  • An in-state offensive lineman chose to head away from Florida instead of staying down south.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2022
  • What lies beyond the Wall is death itself; what happens down south, by comparison, is parlor games.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 June 2024
  • And down south, Tucson experienced a full thunderstorm with pouring rain and high winds.
    Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2023
  • But when the polar vortex is weak and is disturbed, the frigid air can spill out from the North Pole, down south towards the surface.
    Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2025
  • But down south, Russian forces were finishing their brutal siege of Mariupol.
    Thomas Gibbons-Neff David Guttenfelder, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • There was talk of moving from the spa to an interim space, such as a high-rise in Jerusalem or a rural community somewhere down south.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Many of the largest fires are expected to burn all summer and occasionally send a blast of smoke down south as atmospheric patterns shift.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 July 2023
  • David Benavidez is happy to share the night with his good friends from down south, and wins for all three could change the trajectory of their respective careers.
    José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Needless to say, everything is looking good down south, with the exception of this season’s treatment of Black women.
    Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The firefighters were chosen from among volunteers for the strike team after fire agencies down south sent out a call for help through the state’s mass mutual aid system.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The opposite is true down south, where forecasters are predicting below-average rain.
    Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That’s better than Daryl Dixon showrunner David Zabel, whose language skills took a serious dip on the move down south.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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