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south-west

ADVERB
  1. to, toward, or in the southwest

How To Use south-west In A Sentence

  • It's true what they say about the sunny south-east - because Ireland's hills soak up moisture from prevailing south-westerlies, it really is a good deal brighter and drier here.
  • South to south-west winds will reach 30-40 mph this morning with gusts of 50-70 mph in some coastal areas.
  • I returned to my hotel to sit at the window and watch the grand son-et-lumière that night, the opening show of the south-west monsoon.
  • Large numbers of vestal moths and a few crimson speckled moths, both normally resident in the Mediterranean, have been seen on the south-west and south-east coasts and in Gwynedd.
  • Rob also reckons that the south-west coast of Ireland has some of the best sailing grounds in the world - particularly around Roaring Water Bay in West Cork.
  • Its name commemorates Voli Voli Cave (one of the discovery sites) and Atholl Anderson, well known for his many contributions to the prehistory and palaeoecology of south-west Pacific islands. The small, recently extinct, island-dwelling crocodilians of the south Pacific
  • The 16th century palace in south-west London is well known for alleged supernatural activity, but nothing suspicious has been caught on film before.
  • The great house they built may just be ridges in the field to the south-west of the church, but you feel you have met them, Sir Arthur Throckmorton, an Elizabethan squire, and his wife.
  • The south-west employs 279,000 people in manufacturing, but is losing an average 7,000 jobs a year.
  • The mainly south-westerly air-stream, alternating with south-easterlies, turned the beat to Temple into a series of short tacks as the fickle breeze tempted boats on to a course before dying away and changing direction.
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