WINTER in a Sentence

Learn WINTER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

297 example sentences for WINTER, such as:

1. In winter the nights are long and cold.
2. The old couple will winter in the south.
3. The winter morning was as clear as crystal.
4. I never liked long walks, especially in winter.
5. Every winter some old people die from hypothermia.

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 Meanings and Examples of WINTER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
winter
 n.  the coldest season of the year
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  One cold winter morning, as he dressed in the dark, his candle flickering in the draught of the ill-fitting window, he had heard her speak from the bed behind him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  The winter morning was as clear as crystal.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
3  During the winter months there was no stage between Starkfield and Bettsbridge, and the trains which stopped at Corbury Flats were slow and infrequent.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
4  He had often thought since that it would not have happened if his mother had died in spring instead of winter.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
5  A mournful peace hung on the fields, as though they felt the relaxing grasp of the cold and stretched themselves in their long winter sleep.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
6  He gazed blankly about the kitchen, which looked cold and squalid in the rainy winter twilight.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
7  He fell asleep, and when he woke the chill of the winter dawn was in the room.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
8  It was one of the days when the glitter of winter shines through a pale haze of spring.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
9  That was all; but all their intercourse had been made up of just such inarticulate flashes, when they seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
10  He wanted to get the feeling of it into his hand, so that it would sleep there like a seed in winter.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
11  This was a section that knew the chill of winter, as well as the heat of summer, and there was a vigor and energy in the people that was strange to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
12  The army, driven back into Virginia, went into winter quarters on the Rapidan--a tired, depleted army since the defeat at Gettysburg-- and as the Christmas season approached, Ashley came home on furlough.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
13  Scarlett shivered as she watched him run down the walk to the carriage, his saber glinting in the feeble winter sunlight, the fringe of his sash dancing jauntily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
14  But the South had needed the cheering news from Chickamauga to strengthen its morale through the winter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
15  Gerald had changed from a wealthy man to a man who was wondering how he would feed his family and his negroes through the winter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
Example Sentence: (87 in 6 pages)
16  They worked on the building all through the winter.
17  He has almost certainly blown his chance of touring India this winter.
18  The character of the pine and cypress is shown in frigid winter ; the sincerity of one's friend is shown in adverse circumstances.
19  The silhouette of the bare tree on the hill was clear against the winter sky.
20  In winter the nights are long and cold.
21  If you are a winter grass, affection is the sun, warm your cold body.
22  They attended a sneak preview of the winter fashion collection.
23  Sandstorms are common during the Saudi Arabian winter.
24  The old couple will winter in the south.
25  The avenue had never been paved, and deep mud made it impassable in winter.
26  Every winter some old people die from hypothermia.
27  I arrived at the campsite, only to discover that it was closed for the winter.
28  There are extra flights to Colorado during the winter.
29  In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
30  I never liked long walks, especially in winter.