How to Use south-southwest in a Sentence

south-southwest

noun

• Adding to the milder temps will be balmy south-southwest winds of around 5 mph.
  — Roberto Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
• Winds will be out of the south-southwest at 5 to 10 mph.
  — Newsroom Meteorologist, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2026
• People should look just above the south-southwest horizon.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
• Gusty south-southwest winds will turn to come to the northwest in the hours after midnight.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
• The warmth will be accompanied by light south-southwest winds of around 5 mph.
  — Roberto Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
• Light but steady south-southwest breezes continue to bring in warm and somewhat muggy air.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• North winds will become south-southwest and rain chances will remain at 60 percent.
  — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
• Like there’s the line that goes north-south, or there’s the line that goes north-northeast and south-southwest or something like that, right?
  — Quanta Magazine, 25 June 2026
• Light south-southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
  — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
• Unlike most tornadoes, this one moved south-southwest — a rare track that’s still studied today.
  — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 11 May 2026
• Calm wind becoming south-southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2024
• The epicenter was about 2 miles south-southwest of Brawley, at a depth of 4 miles.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
• The epicenter was located about 4 miles south-southwest of Boron, at a depth of just 3 miles.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2025
• The winds will shift out of the south-southwest, allowing highs to rise closer to the mid-80s on Sunday.
  — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
• The outpost will first be visible 10 degrees above the south-southwest horizon.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2023
• The earthquake struck at a depth of just 1 mile, with its epicenter roughly 2 miles south-southwest of Cobb.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
• The epicenter was situated about 4 miles south-southwest of Gilroy, at a depth of 5 miles.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Feb. 2026
• The earthquake struck at a depth of 7 miles, with its epicenter about 6 miles south-southwest of Valencia.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Dec. 2025
• The earthquake's epicenter was about 5 miles south-southwest of Toms Place and occurred at a depth of 4 miles.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
• The earthquake struck at a depth of 7 miles, with its epicenter about 6 miles south-southwest of Cantua Creek.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 Feb. 2026
• Farther down the planet chain, Uranus will be situated in a south-southwest direction.
  — Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2026
• Farther down the planet chain, Uranus will be situated in a south-southwest direction.
  — Anthony Franze, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
• The epicenter was situated roughly 2 miles south-southwest of Cobb, at a depth of just 1 mile.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Dec. 2025
• The epicenter was located about 6 miles south-southwest of Valencia, at a depth of 7 miles.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 Dec. 2025
• The earthquake shook at a depth of just 2 miles, with its epicenter roughly 4 miles south-southwest of Encino.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• Watch for it above the south-southwest horizon, and keep an eye out for Mars and Jupiter, which will glow in the western sky during these pre-dawn eclipse hours, too.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
• Two weeks later, his upturned boat was found, without him aboard, about 300 miles south-southwest of Acapulco.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
• Police said none of the victims attend Howard, about 120 miles south-southwest of Lincoln.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2025
• The epicenter was located roughly 7 miles south-southwest of Tres Pinos, at a depth of just 3 miles.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• The earthquake's epicenter was roughly 7 miles south-southwest of Idyllwild and occurred at a depth of 7 miles.
  — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026