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Examples of cold front in a Sentence
A cold front will move in tomorrow, bringing with it clear skies.
Recent Examples on the Web
Confidence: Medium-High Tomorrow night: Evening showers and periods of rain may persist ahead of an overnight cold front moving through.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
The storm was caused by a cold front moving through the area that is common for this time of year, Whittock said.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
It was caused by a cold front moving through Wisconsin and forcing winds to move to the northwest.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024
The strong cold front moved through Kansas City Tuesday afternoon and evening, sending temperatures plunging from the daily max temperature of 73 degrees in the afternoon to the daily low of 19 degrees reported just before midnight, the National Weather Service said.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
Four college students who were camping in Red River Gorge were rescued by helicopter on Monday after an arctic cold front that struck the region left them stranded in the area.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
Cold snap to chill South Florida A cold front will lower temperatures in the Miami area on Tuesday night.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
Despite mild temperatures in the earlier parts of the week, another cold front is meandering its way through southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and southeast Indiana.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 24 Feb. 2024
Another cold front is arriving Friday that will plunge temperatures around North Texas into the 20s and 30s by the weekend, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth office.
—David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined above
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“Cold front.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20front. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.
Kids Definition
cold front
noun
: an advancing edge of a cold air mass
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