How to Use midwinter in a Sentence
midwinter
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But maybe some light for a midwinter evening walk will make up for it?
—The Editors, Outside Online, 24 Mar. 2022
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Spring break calls for sand, sun, and surf, an escape from the midwinter blues.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
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In the bleak midwinter, a little white fox struggles to find food.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
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City public schools are closed this week for midwinter recess.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
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Up next, a guide to building a joy toolbox to give yourself a midwinter boost.
—Martine Thompson, Bon Appétit, 22 Dec. 2020
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In bleak midwinter, the wind swirls, the cold bites and grumbles over transport reach a crescendo.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
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This cropped sweater is midwinter perfection over a wide-leg trouser.
—Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Dec. 2022
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A number of places have midwinter festivals that take place on the solstice.
—Devika Rao, The Week, 21 Dec. 2022
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The butterfly-like blooms appear in early to midwinter and last for weeks.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
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However, for the best chances at great snow (and an ultra-lively après-ski scene), aim for midwinter.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2025
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To see the sun so diminished, so pale and sickly in the midwinter sky, was unnerving.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025
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Peak viewing times are the fall migration back into the sea ice and midwinter when mother bears emerge from their dens with cubs.
—Joe Yogerst, National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2019
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Starting in midwinter, pups, which average about 75 pounds, will be born, reared and taught to swim and feed.
—Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 12 Oct. 2019
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Keeping them in the shade helps prevent the plants from starting to emerge early if there’s a sunny spell midwinter.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
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In midwinter tens of thousands of snow geese, ducks, pelicans, gulls and other species forage on and around the lake.
—Brent Haddad, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2023
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Opening a jar in midwinter and tasting the fatty skins takes me back up the river of my ancestors all over again.
—Frederick Olsen Jr. | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
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By midwinter, Los Angeles is defined less by cold than by light.
—Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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The rising tensions in Ukraine are driving fears of a midwinter cutoff.
—New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022
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This happens more often than snow-lovers like in Washington, even in midwinter.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2018
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Miami started the week with warm and sunny conditions that feel more like spring than midwinter.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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For the best wolf sightings, visit in summer or midwinter and search during the early morning.
—Kitson Jazynka, National Geographic, 2 July 2019
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With this in mind, the pattern may try to deliver weather more typical of midwinter.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
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By midwinter, some stations had reported up to 83 inches of rain.
—Thomas Curwen, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
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Even in its most pretzel-warped forms, Christmas arrives in the bleak midwinter and promptly takes over the season.
—Joseph Bottum, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
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Groundhogs are generally solitary creatures that emerge in midwinter to find a mate.
—Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
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January is supposed to feel crisp in North Texas, but this week’s weather feels more like spring than midwinter.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Jan. 2026
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There's no better time than the bleak midwinter to view the colorful works of media and graphics design artists to help lift your spirits.
—Rich Heileman, cleveland.com, 12 Jan. 2018
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When that mail plane went down, midwinter, up at Plane Crash, Clarence somehow again was passing by and the first on the scene.
—Seth Kantner, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Oct. 2019
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What is the bleak midwinter without a little sauce, a little sautéed onion, a little supersizing?
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024
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The two regularly do Penguin Plunge events - icy dips in midwinter.
—Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 12 Dec. 2017
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