antarctic

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I felt an antarctic chill travel through my entire body, mixed with tears and a myriad of indescribable emotions.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2020

“But sometimes the antarctic eyes glance down” unrolls with such rhythmic authority that it stops you wondering whether arctic eyes would be any different.

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2020

In 1950, giant kelp stretched over 9 million square meters in a thick band along Tasmania’s coast, said Cayne Layton, a research fellow at the marine and antarctic institute.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2019

“England is in the gallery, the tropics in the upper circle, Australia on the dress circle and the antarctic in the pit,” he wrote.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019

These unfavourable circumstances, at so advanced a season of the year, discouraged Captain Cook from putting into execution a resolution he had formed, of once more crossing the antarctic circle.

From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew