EQUINOX in a Sentence

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1. The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.
2. The highest spring tides of the year occur after the equinoxes in March and September.
3. Many have predicted that it is a day of doom. However, it is just a precession of the equinoxes.

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 Meanings and Examples of EQUINOX
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equinox
 n.  period of equal days and nights; beginning of Spring and Autumn
Classic Sentence:
1  Every fourth year, at the vernal equinox, there is a representative council of the whole nation, which meets in a plain about twenty miles from our house, and continues about five or six days.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER VIII.
Example Sentence:
1  The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.
2  Many have predicted that it is a day of doom. However, it is just a precession of the equinoxes.
3  The highest spring tides of the year occur after the equinoxes in March and September.