tropic

Example Sentences

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The flooding was caused by an atmospheric river, or a long, narrow stream of moist air in the atmosphere, that traveled to Western Washington and dumped warm, tropic rain across the region.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

The country boasts having the highest number of hummingbirds and bats, attributed to its tropic climate and proximity to the equator.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

The engine that powers every tropic cyclone is convection: enormous volumes of moist, rising air create a vacuum at the surface that sucks in surrounding air as spiraling winds.

From Scientific American • Jun. 1, 2023

Anterior pituitary hormones are sometimes referred to as tropic hormones, because they control the functioning of other organs.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Her white skirts swirled around her, bright in the tropic sun.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi