northern

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.

Conversely, tsunamis generated further away from France, for example off the northern coast of North Africa, can reach the French Riviera in less than 90 minutes.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Best friends Kush Burman and Jo Diop have certainly won the hearts of many viewers, eager to see them complete their journey to northern Mongolia.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Six hundred years ago, on a muddy field near Agincourt in northern France, King Henry V’s outnumbered, half-starved English army faced the flower of French chivalry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Nedoune, a Tuareg herder in his fifties, said he was fetching water two years ago in the northern Timbuktu region when a convoy spotted him.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Verdun, nestled in a loop of the Meuse River in northern France, had little strategic importance in itself.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman