SOUTH in a Sentence

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181 example sentences for SOUTH, such as:

1. A jet planed in from the south.
2. And it was coming from the south.
3. You can't go north or east or south or west.
4. The town lies ten miles to the south of here.
5. A ravine delimited the property on the south.

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 Meanings and Examples of SOUTH
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south
 n.  the direction which is on the right of a person facing the rising sun
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  Flanked again at Calhoun, Johnston fell back to Adairsville, where there was sharp skirmishing, then to Cassville, then south of Cartersville.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
7  Only the one railroad to the south, to Macon and Savannah, was still open.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  The telegraph wires were still, no trains came in on the one remaining railroad from the south and the mail service was broken.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
10  At last, news came from the south to the strained town and it was alarming news, especially to Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
11  And it was coming from the south.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
12  Cannon to the south, and they might be tolling the knell of Atlanta's fall.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
13  But to Scarlett, sick for her mother's safety, fighting to the south only meant fighting near Tara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
14  She wondered if such scenes were being enacted on the south side of town and thanked God she was not there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
15  You can't go north or east or south or west.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
Example Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
16  The town lies ten miles to the south of here.
17  He had an unrivalled knowledge of south Arabian society, religion, law and customs.
18  The south of England, where prices have fallen furthest, will remain the weakest market.
19  The north and south of the island are linked by a narrow isthmus.
20  From the lowlands of the south to the rugged peaks in the north, Derbyshire has something for everyone.
21  The United States is bounded in the south by Mexico and in the north by Canada.
22  There appeared to be a growing gulf between the prosperous south and the declining towns of the north.
23  The buses went in opposite directions — one went south and the other went north.
24  The Nationalist Party have gained a lot of support in the south of the country.
25  The human population swelled, at least temporarily, as migrants moved south.
26  The south of France has positive associations for me as I used to holiday there as a child.
27  A ravine delimited the property on the south.
28  These birds migrate to Europe in the summer season, returning to warmer places in the south for the winter.
29  They detoured around the traffic jam by heading south.
30  A jet planed in from the south.