How to Use eastern in a Sentence

eastern

adjective
  • They live in the eastern part of the state.
  • In the eastern sky, there are already signs of spring.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Waves highest from mid-lake to eastern shores.
    Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • All times are eastern daylight time.
    Charles Forelle, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • From there, the drive to the eastern coast was only about 25 miles.
    Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2023
  • By early evening, most of the storm had moved into the eastern part of the state.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 8 June 2026
  • The cemetery is also home to barn owls, great horn owls, and eastern screech owls.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 10 June 2024
  • Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, was the scene of some the fiercest fighting of the war.
    Leila Sackur, NBC News, 18 June 2023
  • That includes much of the southern and eastern half of the country as well.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Yet his map covers only the eastern half of the country.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • It can even be found in sub-zero areas such as eastern Siberia.
    Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Pick an observing spot with a clear view of the eastern horizon.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Cross it, then take the trail that lines the eastern side of the creek to return back to the park’s center.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The fight still continues on the fire’s eastern front, Clay added.
    Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Treatment centers in the eastern provinces were burned to the ground.
    Tyler Evans, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • White cedars have short needles in dense clusters, while eastern red cedars have flatter leaves.
    Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Jim Jacobs, the last great long hunter of the eastern mountains, was killed there, too.
    Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • Only the eastern slopes of the mountains and the low desert are likely to be sunny.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
  • But what many visitors don’t realize is the eastern half of the state is vast and flat.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026
  • In eastern red cedar, the female cones are just a quarter-inch long and dark blue with a gin-like fragrance.
    Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The view was uncommonly broad, and the city skyline poked out of the eastern sky.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • And if an eastern Taoist monk had been on board to advise the obsessed captain?
    The Know, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Lesser amounts of rain are forecast in eastern and southeastern parts of the state.
    Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Both are shining in the eastern sky, with Jupiter above and Venus below.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This year, like last year, had a record strength heat dome set up across the eastern United States.
    Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • Air raid alerts blared across eastern and central Ukraine on Friday.
    Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2023
  • About eight hours later, the boat approached a beach in eastern Cuba.
    Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Three to six inches can occur on the eastern sides of those [Great] Lakes.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
  • These premature signs of spring were spurred by a mild winter across much of the country’s eastern half.
    Jude Coleman, Scientific American, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, has seen some of the bloodiest fighting of the war.
    Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 14 May 2023

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