How To Use Winter In A Sentence
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He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
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Typically, it comes in the wintertime, packing a lot of snow.
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Over the winter months we've been doing a great deal of clearing up on our part-neglected croft garden, grubbing out and shredding dead shrubs and cutting back those that have either grown too large or are crowding others.
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The little divil that stole the dog-team an 'wint over the Pass in the dead o' winter for to see where the world come to an ind on the ither side, just because old Matt McCarthy was afther tellin 'her fairy stories?
CHAPTER I
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Spring,summer,autumn and winter are the four seasons.
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We're looking at some idea that it might be a colder than normal winter in the Northeast and Midwest.
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Winter is traditionally the dead season for the housing market.
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What of it if Winter has another snow-storm or two up his sleeve?I take my staff and fare forth to greet Spring with three dogs at my heels.
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Is winter finally over, or is this just a sneak preview?
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Though the population is still fragile, today as many as 1,000 birds overwinter in the state.
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In spring nature wakes from her long winter sleep.
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Pediatricians are once again extremely busy this winter as patients with asthma symptoms - the most common disease among children - are crowding into respiratory clinics.
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In deep cellars stocked with winter ice the temperature was kept below eight degrees.
Times, Sunday Times
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By the end of the winter the supply of grain was severely depleted.
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There may be a chill in the air this winter, but if you're in the vicinity of the Royal Theatre in Castlebar chances are it will come from the Ice Ballet.
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Hundreds of homeless people could freeze to death this winter.
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At the conclusion of her winter season in Miami, the Norwegian Dawn will begin an innovative itinerary of seven-day Bahamas sailings from New York on May 18.
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Many birds are nesting earlier than they used to, while others are overwintering in this country instead of migrating to warmer parts.
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Their main preoccupation for the next few months will be acorns, their main winter food.
Times, Sunday Times
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Northern migratory species winter in the savanna, such as spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia, barn swallow Hirundo rustica and blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata.
Canaima National Park, Venezuela
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The uplands are the northernmost part of eastern Australia to experience (infrequent) winter frosts.
Einasleigh upland savanna
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The cramps possibly were a side effect of a pulled muscle suffered in winter ball last year.
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At this time of year, plants are tucked up for the winter under a thick blanket of winter mulch.
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High above us, the great heptagon of the Winter sky: Capella, Aldebaran, Rigel, Sirius, Procyon, Pollux, and Castor (with Saturn nearby) - with Betelgeuse in the center and the Milky Way cascading through, just to the left of Orion.
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This is their winter plumage, and some of them are already in it.
Times, Sunday Times
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The roads are clear, and the Lexus purrs into life as we speed through the winter mist to stake-out the suspect.
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BRITAIN'S winter sports stars have been promised a funding boost after their joint record medal haul in Sochi.
The Sun
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Normally, even in icy winter, the furnace in constant use gave warmth enough, supplemented by an electric convector heater in the gallery, but by the time help arrived for Baxter I had wrapped him in my jacket and everything else handy, and he was still growing cold to the touch.
Shattered
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Mating season commonly takes place during the fall and winter seasons, but can occur at any time throughout the year.
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Some of these isolated populations are subject to predation, others to starvation, flooding, severe winters or summer drought.
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Grossman's Christmas present, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, is a holiday favorite among hopheads and is one of the standouts of The News Tribune's Brew Crew Winter Beer Tasting.
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After a short break James will commence his winter training for the forthcoming indoor season.
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Experts suggested that the particularly long and cold winter may also have contributed.
Times, Sunday Times
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Indeed, I know a Scottish businessman who co-owns a horse that is running on the all-weather tracks this winter.
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The chimney, usually of lath and plaster, ending overhead in a cone and funnel for the smoke, was so roomy in old cottages as to accommodate almost the whole family sitting around the fire of logs piled in the reredosse in the middle, and there they carried on their winter's work.
The Life of Thomas Telford
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Trevelez is, perhaps, Spain's highest village, the gateway to the Upper Sierra Nevada and the winter ski-slopes, and was as high as I drove.
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In the winter her hands would be "chapped," and she would have a cough.
In the Days of the Comet
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This may be because the credulousness that goes hand in hand with little experience allows one to fall in love merely with appearances, and winter is beautiful.
The Fire We Tend Against Winter
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British summers mean we get rain, wind, sun, snow and frost all in the same week but our winters are just so glum, no blizzards just unrelenting dankness.
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Weather experts say it was a relatively dry winter which makes the water recovery all the more remarkable.
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Also, it paints a very good picture of the make-up of our wintering bird population.
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You can easily combine your sport with a winter-sun holiday full of sightseeing and safaris.
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In cold winter, birds puff out their feathers to keep warm.
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Consider a combination of red, orange yellow and orange for a striking fall layout, or a combination of icy blues and purples for a frosty winter page.
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Soft red winter wheat and corn used were produced on farms in southeast Virginia and obtained from a local grain dealer.
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The Clinton administration last winter assembled the $50 billion emergency bailout package to ease a financial crisis in Mexico.
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Chukotka straddles the Arctic Circle and its nine - month winter can witness temperatures as low as - 60 C.
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As the IPCC report made clear, many of the models disagree even on the sign of the change in rainfall over much of the globe, especially for winter projections.
2010 March 12 | Serendipity
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The Scandinavian countries have a short harvest season and a long, flat winter.
Times, Sunday Times
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The avenue had never been paved, and deep mud made it impassable in winter.
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A recent report estimates there were 60 percent fewer wintering mule deer on part of the anticline in 2009 compared with 2001, and 28 percent fewer mule deer in 2009 compared with 2005.
Deer Population Plummets Amidst Natural Gas Drilling
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In fact, the average winter low in Sitka is 30 degrees, much warmer than many continental towns on our list.
12 Terrific Small Towns You’ve Never Heard Of | Impact Lab
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These pumps have been around for years and as winter rolls in, the only way to wear them under trousers is in the darker colors (slightly scuffed), with opaque tights.
Does the Shoe Fit? Finding the Perfect Flat
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But why is this winter so stormy?
Times, Sunday Times
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I will guess that the hypothesis is that the Earth enters a deglaciation period because of orbital parameters deglaciation occurs when the northern hemisphere winter is extra-cold and the northern hemisphere summer is extra-warm.
"Crisis = opportunity + danger."
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The plane will then return to the apron over the winter before she moves to a purpose-built area within the viewing park next year.
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The warmth of the summer sun is what keeps me going through the winter.
Times, Sunday Times
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Purple coneflower, a favored plant of summer, finds a second season in the dead of winter.
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And the niveous winter gleam, although polished, could never radiate the warmth of your smile.
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The hills stood stark against the winter sky.
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In winter it's a wildlife haven; even in the harshest weather it affords a rarely failing food source.
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Time On has improved immeasurably over the winter, which she entered with one placed effort from three outings.
Times, Sunday Times
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Keeley is about to start filming the new Michael Winterbottom movie, Tristram Shandy, co-starring Steve Coogan.
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So we struggled for another three weeks, until the schools closed in late December for almost two months of winter vacation.
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Most of the nitrogen oxide pollution in Australian and New Zealand cities comes from motor vehicle exhausts in summer and a combination of motor vehicle exhausts and home heating in winter.
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As the vines have yielded their fruit by midsummer and ripened their wood early so as to be ready for starting into growth again in December or January, the grapery is kept cool and ventilated in the fall and early winter, but this need not interfere with the mushroom crop.
Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure
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Britain's only indigenous hare, the animals grow a white coat in winter to improve their camouflage in the snow.
Times, Sunday Times
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the passing of winter
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An ineffective flu jab given to millions of elderly people last year has been blamed for a record number of deaths over the winter.
Times, Sunday Times
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Most lowland farmers keep some dairy cattle and rear calves as well as wintering and fattening sheep and lambs.
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To successfully graze and grow yearlings, a combination of very high quality winter and summer grasses must be available.
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Sold in garden centers as bulbs, or potted in the grocery store, Narcissus tazetta papyraceous may survive the winter when planted in D. C.-area gardens but not the colder parts of the region.
Use these fragrant plants to freshen the indoors
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Therefore, two herds of deer share these summer ranges and, consequently, mountain lions from Round Valley repartition space on the winter range after months of being apart.
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Weipe agricultural union chairman Frans Nel said drought was wiping out the financial resources of farmers who lost millions of rand in winter production because of black frost and a plague of mice.
ANC Daily News Briefing
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While the far west may have the more vicious winter temperatures, often subceeding minus 40 degrees C, the northeast is infamous for its radically changeable winter atmospherics.
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Although they were high in the mountains, and the wind was from the east, and cold with a foretaste of winter, still, it felt warmer than the gelid air radiating from the White River.
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Practice had just ended, but the crisp weather of winter was quick to cool him down again.
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Winter is also a good time to reorganize and restock your gardening supplies.
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Your celosia seeds have germinated here, were winter sowed in the milk jugs.
Tulips 2010 « Fairegarden
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Officers and sailors who normally wear winter rig came to work in jeans, brightly coloured shirts and for some, riding boots.
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Prices start at £145 for 3 nights for 2 people for our winter weekends in Keeper's Cottage.
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Beyond, the Pacific, dim and vast, was raising on its sky-line tumbled cloud-masses that swept landward, giving warning of the first blustering breath of winter.
Chapter 21
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While hibernation during the winter is found in a few arctic mammals such as the Arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii), most homeothermic animals are active throughout the year.
General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels
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He has been gelded over the winter and could easily be well ahead of the handicapper.
The Sun
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At these latitudes the sun does not rise at all on winter days.
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As it is sometimes difficult to rear young calves it is a good thing to keep them clean and dry., whitewashing the calf hulls two or three times during the winter.
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Some writers state that meningo-cerebritis is more common during the warm season than it is in the winter.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals
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Make sure you have your trial in the winter when it's rainy and cold.
The Sun
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The harsh winter winds were slicing past them and it felt like it was tearing their skin.
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But a mild winter and plenty of rain means that this year the flowers have come into bloom a month early.
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And, as we so often see in the winter window, there is likely to be a flurry of activity towards the end of the month.
The Sun
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Then winter arrives - usually for about two weeks - and we get new weeds - chickweed, henbit and annual bluegrass.
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In the meantime there is the best germination of winter herbage that I have seen for the last 20 years.
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At least 50,000 snakes overwinter in these dens every year, dispersing into the surrounding muskeg swampland during summer.
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This is a wonderfully nourishing cake to take on a winter tramp or to a working bee.
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With winter coming on, Napoleon finds his invasion stalled and he is forced to retreat from Russia.
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Mr Clarke said he walks to work when the weather is fine but in the winter he appreciates being able to call on a lift.
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The scene was set for a spectacular ice war which would rage for weeks that winter.
THE FROZEN WATER TRADE
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A beech hedge that keeps its russet-brown leaves right through winter is the perfect instant garden solution for a bare, brand new plot.
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The worst winter storms of the century lashed the east coast of North America.
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This half-hardy perennial will overwinter in a sheltered spot in full sun.
Times, Sunday Times
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You also know summer is here when the food markets finally open after a winter of hibernation.
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The dog sheds its winter coat once the weather becomes warmer.
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The troops suffered atrocious conditions in bitterly cold winters, with temperatures down to minus 30C.
Times, Sunday Times
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You haven't been this pale since, like, February, she says, poking a little fun at the difficulty I seem to have in maintaining any kind of darker pigmentary coloration in the winter.
Things You Can Do, Some Can't Be Done
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The apparatus under consideration was employed in the St. Quentin gas works during the winter of 1881-1882, without giving rise to any obstruction; and, besides, it was found that by its use there might be avoided all choking up of the pipes at the works and the city mains through naphthaline.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882
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Choose a free-draining soil to prevent winter waterlogging.
The Sun
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Straw was commonly used to mulch the plants during the winter.
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From the porch, watch rafts of birds winter on the water below.
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They come with wholesome winter references such as alpine leaf designs or chunky cable knits, and should be worn with jeans and heavy shoes or trainers.
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There are farriers in the country who rely solely on shoeing hunt horses in the winter months to see them through the summer.
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The blood tests which snared three drugs cheats at last month's Winter Olympics could be missing from the anti-doping programme throughout Britain this year, including the Commonwealth Games.
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It was only to be the edging on a shawl for her, but he spent three days and two nights on it; and then she asked him to make it over with jack-in-the-pulpit inset, because she was sure to grow tired very soon of Sweet William; then she changed her mind about jack-in-the-pulpit and decided on wintergreen berries.
The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story
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Reduced labour input and feed costs can be achieved by going down the route of feeding chopped straw as part of winter diets.
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The volume of land that is being ploughed each year is getting greater, and the tree loss just that bit more, all conspiring to wash more soil into the river each winter.
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The other squash we know and like is pumpkin, a winter squash used almost exclusively for pie in our country and to a lesser extent for baked goods such as breads, cakes and cookies.
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Winter had been long months in riveting them, and not in a day were they to be broken, not even by the thunderbolt of spring.
Chapter VIII
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Today is the winter solstice, the day with the shortest length of daylight in the year.
Times, Sunday Times
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The track of the jet stream winds can also meander around in spring, switching between winter and summer conditions at astonishing speed.
Times, Sunday Times
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In common with all politicians, he has a dread of winter elections.
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That is a shame, because the cold snap brought a magical winter scene of frosty nights under starry skies.
Times, Sunday Times
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It's a sunny late winter day, just a few degrees above zero.
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The southern hemisphere winter is turning unusually cold.
Times, Sunday Times
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The 36-year-old bachelor spent 20,000 turning his home into a winter wonderland.
The Sun
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Winter's Bone" -- This is the iffiest of the lot, but I am betting that there will be enough indie-movie supporters to win the votes this Ozark-Mountain odyssey needs to sneak into the final 10.
Oscars 2011: Predicting the best director and best picture nominees
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They are four points behind table-toppers Viktoria Plzen and are currently in the midst of a winter break. The league schedule resumes on February 28 when they will face Banik Ostrava.
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winterize cars
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Goodenow and his cohorts tell the players that fans support them, but just who the heck does the NHLPA think will back their picket line when the owners turn to replacement players next winter?
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Belliard's October success hasn't surprised manager Tony La Russa, who said his second baseman is accustomed to playing in pressure situations because he does so every winter in the Dominican Republic.
Belliard plays up to Cards' expectations
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Minneapolis-St. Paul is a winter carnival of skating, skiing, and shopping
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Stupid fcuking Beckinista dumbshit, take to the internet and look into the massive heat waves that occur, get this, during our winters.
Think Progress » Global warming denier Sarah Palin to appear at ‘Oil Palace’ in Texas.
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Mr. Cuthill states that it is a mistake to pack them in dry sand or earth for the winter; and that the same may be said of parsnips, carrots, salsify, scorzonera, and similar roots.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.
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We move around every few weeks to a new destination (with the exception of the winter months when we stay in Bonita Springs, FL for several months in a row, with occasional jaunts on the weekends).
Zumbox: A Viable Paper Mail Killer?
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The five of them forge an unlikely alliance, and head north through a vicious winter to find the last stronghold of the rebellion.
Times, Sunday Times
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Maclaren Techno Four Seasons Pushchair Description 1 buggy, 4 seasons, 8 looks: The four seasons buggy is suitable from birth and comes complete with 3 reversible seat liners for spring, summer and autumn, a footmuff for winter, boot, a reversible blanket, raincover and storage bag to coordinate with all 4 seasons.
WN.com - Articles related to Trinoma welcomes summer
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Winter is no time to show off your love of fine dining and the foodie scene.
Times, Sunday Times
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Of these five species of woodland winter annuals, only C. verna has received much attention with regard to autecology.
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This also includes such environments as deep sea diving, solo flying, and Antarctic overwintering.
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During the winter it is an important resort hub for locals and visitors from all over Europe.
Times, Sunday Times
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And he seems to be a tad underprepared for the winter coming up.
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In 1918 he was a locomotive cleaner at the engine sheds in Boden, and for a time during the winter, a stoker on cargo trains between Boden and
Eyvind Johnson - Biography
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This afternoon, whilst I was chatting to an elderly couple who wanted directions to somewhere, my eyes wandered to the car park verge and espied a single solitary daffodil blooming in the late winter sun.
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Owning to the severe winter, the zoo staff is being extra cautious with animals.
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The term polar, when attached to winter gear, suggests that it will keep people warm in extreme cold, not that it's just adequate when the temperature drops near freezing.
Seven Guidelines For Honest Advertisers
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If I get through it all, I'll have time for a proper blog post, and if I don't, well, my mind will be in storyland while I'm chopping horseradish for winter and I won't have time to blog.
Even in a little thing
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It is likely that what we think of as winter blues has its origins in evolutionary biology.
The Sun
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So happy birthday to the lion as winter nears.
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These birds summer in Alberta Canada and winter at the Aransas Wildlife Refuge in Texas.
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Bears wake up in the spring after a winter of hibernation.
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I must be sure to fork over the whole garden before the winter.
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The benchmark price for a barrel of crude for delivery in December slipped below $20 as the slowdown in the world economy, coupled with the warm winter, has caused demand to fall.
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Most trees lose their foliage in winter.
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Mr Winter said: ‘If the project comes to fruition it will be a marvellous regenerator for the community and a wonderful opportunity for the young people of Thorne.’
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In those states, people wear light clothing during the summer, and they need heavy wool or fur clothing in the winter.
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If the catkins remain dormant when the pistillate flowers bloom, they have been winterkilled, and the bent down reserves have to be called up.
Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948
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The plants were unable to withstand the rigours of a harsh winter.
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I wore my summer suit pretty well through that winter, and the following summer experienced the longest, dryest spell of all, in the period when salaried men are gone on vacation and manuscripts lie in editorial offices until vacation is over.
Chapter 26
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Several blooded animals take this sleep, such as the pholidotes or tessellates, namely, the serpent, the lizard, the gecko, and the river. crocodile, all of which go into hiding for four months in the depth of winter, and during that time eat nothing.
The History of Animals
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Take some of the pressure out of dressing your home for the holidays by decorating for the longer winter season rather than for just one specific occasion.
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Spring/summer and autumn/winter seasons are now about as relevant to contemporary life as Gregorian plainsong.
Why fast fashion is slow death for the planet
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She looked like a graceful winter fairy - a model - a princess - a… he couldn't even find the right words to describe her she was so impossibly beautiful.
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Secondly, it is not unusual either for many peasants to keep animals in the house, usually verr or bosk, sometimes tarsk, at least in the winter.
Mercenaries Of Gor
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France: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
The 2001 CIA World Factbook
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SHORTLY BEFORE Adam was expected home for the winter intercession, he wrote that he wouldn't be coming home.
LASTING TREASURES
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In a normal winter, the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil.
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When used as a winter cover crop or a green manure crop, it should be seeded in early September.
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A loveliness of ladybirds in the spare room, sprinting house spiders in the living room, and hungry silverfish in the kitchen are just some of the creatures that head indoors as winter sets in.
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We go skiing every winter.
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So if you intend to paint a cold, bleak, winter scene, the grey would be an ideal choice.
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They need warm clothing for the winter.
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They winter in open, coastal environments, favoring bays and inlets with sandy shores and shellfish beds.
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Even in midwinter, in the icy church, the blushing bride would throw aside her broadcloth cape or camblet roquelo and stand up clad in a sprigged India muslin gown with only a thin lace tucker over her neck, warm with pride in her pretty gown, her white bonnet with ostrich feathers and embroidered veil, and in her new husband.
Sabbath in Puritan New England
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The local tourism industry arranges winter celebrations and activities to prevent a slack season.
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On a winter's night in the deserts of northern Mexico one might expect to hear the chilling cries of coyotes or solitary wolf baying at the moon.
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I caught just a quick glimpse of a whale yesterday, on its annual wintertime northward migration, and hope to have a bit more to say about this tomorrow.
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Her broom helped sweep away the clam shells discarded by scavenging racoons and the carcasses of dead mice frozen during the winter.
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(Not to mention the fact that only a monster with a heart of steel or stone could not have missed the fact that Michelle looks better than anyone has a right to in a white, quilted down jacket, when even the most lithe and anorectic supermodels look like fullbacks in the same winter wear.)
Erica Heller: The Audacity of Hopelessness
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As the morning gives way to afternoon, the anemic, late-winter sun burns through, lifting the heavy mist and exposing the dramatic steep-sided canyon.
A Nation Passing On the Port
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At that time, ballplayers worked during the winter.
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And at winter dusk, sky and snow are bathed in delicate colours which linger for hours.
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Her fall/winter collection features strong lines with a feminine twist: dramatic capes, dresses with surprising details, and formfitting suits in rich wines and inky blacks.
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Through the years I often attended the North Shore Winter Club mixed curling bonspiels at Seattle.
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If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
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If the fish have got used to the sudden onset of winter that arrived unannounced last week, then some good sport can be expected from the roach population of the waters below the city.
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We met at Prefab, on a cold, blusterous winter's day, over steaming bowls of excellent chowder and chunks of crusty bread.
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Jobson hosted a star-studded night in Edinburgh for his new film A Woman in Winter.
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It was midwinter, but also periastron; only long nights and frequent rains marked the season in this hemisphere.
Agent Of The Terran Empire
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He says he and his bother Joseph have about 20 bat houses scattered over their 400 acres of walnut trees near Winters, Calif., primarily to get rid of a common pest called the coddling moth.
The Seattle Times
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During the growing season (late spring to autumn), keep the plant watered and apply a liquid feed every month, as the compost must be moist in winter.
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In winter the danger of ambush is much reduced.
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Less well known is rose hip soup, a sweet, cold soup high in vitamin C, traditionally served during the long winter months when fruits are scarce.
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The local presbyteries are voting this winter and spring on whether to open the door to ordination of gay ministers, elders and deacons.
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They also give you robust flavours and are ready for picking to spice up a hearty winter roast.
Times, Sunday Times
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The topography of the area, its elevation and the fact that it is situated further north, are the main reasons why the Gobi is so cold in the winter.
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The long cruel winter came to an end at last, yielding to a gentle warm spring.
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The sleeves of her coat were blown back; but surprisingly, the wind was pleasantly warm, like the wind before Winter had come.
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So in the end, she decided to make beef carbonade, the perfect thing for a chilly winter night, and the red meat less likely to upset the bird lady than a murdered chicken might.
Fascination
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Heiser doesn't use a backhoe to muck out the corral where he winters his yearlings; he uses a wheelbarrow.
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My mum made our own clothes and sewed winter coats.
The Sun
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They're likely to be trees or shrubs which show up in winter but become a backdrop for the rich summer display.
