Below you will find example sentences with "northern lights". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Northern Lights in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: lights
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.1 words

Words in this phrase

northern lights

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • northern can mean: Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly. Common word
  • lights can mean: plural of light Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

as the northern lights or aurora 2× see the northern lights 2× a double northern lights suplex on 1× as the northern lights lights up 1× including the northern lights are major 1× known as northern lights or polar 1× may bring northern lights to several 1× night with northern lights spectacular and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a few months 1× a performance from 1× amazing flight home 1× an aurora borealis 1× axiom hit a 1× based in north 1×

Common sentence endings:

the northern lights 3× amazing milky way 1× arctic and antarctic 1× dragunov and mcdonagh 1× elusive northern lights 1× every print sold 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

aurora 7× known 4× borealis 4× amazing 4× responsible 3× hemisphere 3× southern 3× night 3× storms 3× see 3× australis 2× joseph 2×

Related phrases

northern ireland traffic lights northern england northern gaza northern cape northern syria christmas lights northern colorado northern italy led lights

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around lights:

christmas lights 13× led lights 12×

Just before it in the phrase index:

northern italy northern ireland northern hemisphere northern gaza northern england northern colorado

Just after it in the phrase index:

northern occupied northern ontario northern region northern syria northern territory northwest arkansas

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

northern ireland northern england northern gaza northern cape northern syria northern colorado

Same ending:

traffic lights christmas lights led lights

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "northern lights" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as as the northern lights or aurora, see the northern lights, aurora, known and borealis stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with northern ireland, traffic lights, northern england, christmas lights and led lights, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with northern lights

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Northern Lights, Northern Words. (4 words)

Axiom hit a double Northern Lights suplex on Dragunov and McDonagh. (11 words)

To see the northern lights, experts recommend finding a dark place away from city lights. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Based in North Yorkshire, Lucy Pittaway was motivated by the public demand and the destruction of the notable landmark to paint the piece featuring the tree with a Northern Lights backdrop, vowing to plant a tree for every print sold. (40 words)

While the aurora borealis – also known as Northern Lights or Polar Lights – is often considered a single event, in fact these natural light displays happen all across high-latitude regions around the Arctic and Antarctic. (35 words)

But both can be responsible for the aurora, also known as the Northern Lights or 'aurora borealis' in the northern hemisphere and the Southern Lights or 'aurora australis' in the southern hemisphere. (32 words)

Exclamation examples

A few months ago, we had an amazing sight a few weeks ago of the Northern Lights! (17 words)

Amazing flight home last night with Northern Lights spectacular and a full 360 circle round from the pilots to show everyone onboard Thank You! (24 words)

Example sentences (20)

But both can be responsible for the aurora, also known as the Northern Lights or 'aurora borealis' in the northern hemisphere and the Southern Lights or 'aurora australis' in the southern hemisphere.

An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, lights up the night sky off Lake Michigan and the St. Joseph Lighthouse, on Thursday in St. Joseph, Mich.

The storms are also responsible for generating auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis.

To see the northern lights, experts recommend finding a dark place away from city lights.

While the aurora borealis – also known as Northern Lights or Polar Lights – is often considered a single event, in fact these natural light displays happen all across high-latitude regions around the Arctic and Antarctic.

Geomagnetic storms including the Northern Lights, are major tourist attractions in some northern hemisphere locations and antarctica, however, Mr Maher said the phenomena he witnessed was just as good.

I've been told at least twice or so a year that I, a person in the northern part of the US, could possibly see the northern lights.

There’s a chance solar storms may bring northern lights to several northern U.S states just in time for the new year.

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Northern Lights, Northern Words.

A few months ago, we had an amazing sight a few weeks ago of the Northern Lights!

Amazing flight home last night with Northern Lights spectacular and a full 360 circle round from the pilots to show everyone onboard Thank You!

A performance from UNC’s Northern Lights A Cappella group and many more events makeup this week’s edition of Go+Do.

Axiom hit a double Northern Lights suplex on Dragunov and McDonagh.

Based in North Yorkshire, Lucy Pittaway was motivated by the public demand and the destruction of the notable landmark to paint the piece featuring the tree with a Northern Lights backdrop, vowing to plant a tree for every print sold.

But many a car filled with people eating sandwiches and guzzling flasks of tea have been left disappointed searching the Irish coastline for the elusive ‘Northern Lights’.

Crafted in wood, in a minimal oblong shape with a narrowing mouth is the Conical Northern lights vase.

Edward Martin's girlfriend Sarah against the backdrop of the Northern Lights on Saturday night.

Here in Minnesota, we love to keep our eyes on the stars; watch the northern lights, and just enjoy viewing our amazing Milky Way.

He's the man responsible for these amazing photos of the Northern Lights in the Adirondacks.

Home to five of the UK's six highest mountains and 55 munros, the Cairngorms National Park is an epic place to see the Northern Lights.

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