SOUTH in a Sentence
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181 example sentences for SOUTH, such as:
1. The wind shifted to the south.
2. The wind is tending to the south.
3. And it was coming from the south.
4. The old couple will winter in the south.
5. The building is oriented south and north.
2. The wind is tending to the south.
3. And it was coming from the south.
4. The old couple will winter in the south.
5. The building is oriented south and north.
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Meanings and Examples of SOUTH
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south
n. the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
n. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Classic Sentence: (114 in 8 pages)
1 It had become the crossroads of travel north and south and east and west, and the little village leaped to life.
2 Before the war there had been few cotton factories, woolen mills, arsenals and machine shops south of Maryland--a fact of which all Southerners were proud.
3 Old Joe and his army would not let even one Yankee get south of Dalton, for too much depended on the undisturbed functioning of Georgia.
4 Lying between Atlanta and Dalton was the city of Rome with its cannon foundry and its other industries, and Etowah and Allatoona with the largest ironworks south of Richmond.
5 Flanked again at Calhoun, Johnston fell back to Adairsville, where there was sharp skirmishing, then to Cassville, then south of Cartersville.
6 The Confederates could expect no more reinforcements, whereas the railroad, which the Yankees now held from Tennessee south to the battle line, brought Sherman fresh troops and supplies daily.
7 Only the one railroad to the south, to Macon and Savannah, was still open.
8 But before Scarlett could start the two on their homeward journey, news came that the Yankees had swung to the south and were skirmishing along the railroad between Atlanta and Jonesboro.
9 The telegraph wires were still, no trains came in on the one remaining railroad from the south and the mail service was broken.
10 At last, news came from the south to the strained town and it was alarming news, especially to Scarlett.
11 And it was coming from the south.
12 Cannon to the south, and they might be tolling the knell of Atlanta's fall.
13 But to Scarlett, sick for her mother's safety, fighting to the south only meant fighting near Tara.
14 She wondered if such scenes were being enacted on the south side of town and thanked God she was not there.
15 You can't go north or east or south or west.
Example Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1 The south side of town is pretty run down.
2 As we travel south, the countryside begins to undulate as the rolling hills sweep down to the riverbanks.
3 His attack to the south would bring him right across the remnants of C Troop, facing to the west.
4 Germany is bounded on the west by France and on the south by Switzerland.
5 They began the difficult descent of the mountain's south west face.
6 The wind shifted to the south.
7 The wind is tending to the south.
8 The building is oriented south and north.
9 The coach took us south of the border to Tia Juana.
10 The old couple will winter in the south.
11 Despite being heavily outgunned, the rebel forces seem to have held on to the south side of the city.
12 They reported a sudden outbreak of the disease in the south of the country.
13 The apiary was nearby; half a dozen hives faced south down the slope.
14 They ought to finish ploughing the south field by tomorrow.
15 Some birds fly south to find good breeding grounds.