How to Use east-southeast in a Sentence

east-southeast

noun

• The storm will move from west-northwest to east-southeast at 35 mph.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2023
• On Wednesday, a magnitude 3.5 quake hit one-tenth of a mile east-southeast of the town.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• The agency said that the earthquake was shallow at a depth of about 13 miles and that it was centered about 75 miles east-southeast of the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
  — Nbc News, NBC news, 30 July 2025
• Sunday: High of 47 degrees, sunny, with light east-southeast winds.
  — Matthew Impelli, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
• The storm was located about 140 miles east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
• The system, known as a tropical wave, is located about 1,000 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.
  — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
• The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, was about 30 miles east-southeast of Tyler, Texas, early this evening, according to the hurricane center.
  — NBC News, 9 July 2024
• Its center was located about 50 miles east-southeast of Guadeloupe.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
• Tropical Storm Beryl forms about 1,110 miles east-southeast of Barbados.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 9 July 2024
• The dangerous currents are the result of an east-southeast swell and this weekend's full moon, according to the National Weather Service.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 25 June 2024
• As Beryl passes over or near Jamaica, currently about 360 miles east-southeast from the capital Kingston, its winds are forecast to decrease but the danger will remain high.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
• As Beryl passes over or near Jamaica, currently about 300 miles east-southeast from the capital Kingston, its winds are forecast to decrease but the danger will remain high.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
• Milton was centered 745 miles west-southwest of Tampa early Monday, moving east-southeast at 8 mph.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
• The potential tropical cyclone sits about 115 miles east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.
  — Elisa Raffa, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
• Forecasters said that clusters of storms, including supercells, will continue to track east-southeast through south Alabama through this evening.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 June 2023
• The comet should be visible just above east-southeast about 75 minutes before sunrise and will be best seen in astronomical darkness, which will last until about 60 minutes before sunrise.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
• Showers and thunderstorms associated with a small area of low pressure located about 900 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles have increased some during the past several hours.
  — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 22 July 2025
• This one is located east-southeast of Florida, according to AccuWeather.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
• The epicenter was roughly 1 mile east-southeast of Boulder Creek, at a depth of 7 miles.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2026