Explore Subtropical through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like subtropic. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Subtropical in a sentence
Subtropical meaning
- Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
- Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.
Synonyms of Subtropical
Using Subtropical
- The main meaning on this page is: Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions. | Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.
- Useful related words include: subtropic, semitropical, semitropic, climatic zone.
- In the example corpus, subtropical often appears in combinations such as: and subtropical, the subtropical, subtropical climate.
Context around Subtropical
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Subtropical
- In this selection, "subtropical" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, himalayan, pacific, australian, climates, broadleaf and pine stand out and add context to how "subtropical" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include tropical and subtropical climates and air from subtropical zones into. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "subtropical" sits close to words such as adage, admirer and aft, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with subtropical
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bananas and other subtropical fruits are the thirstiest fruiting plants. (10 words)
The disease is more common in tropical and subtropical climates. (10 words)
A savannah is a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical climates. (11 words)
A deep nearly stationary low centered about 750 miles north-northeast of the state has weakened the subtropical ridge and pushed it to just north of Oahu, while a surface trough trailing from the low is stalled just north of Kauai. (41 words)
A new storm is forecast to sweep in from the west in the next several days, supercharged by an atmospheric river of subtropical moisture — long plumes of water vapor that can pour over from the Pacific Ocean through California. (39 words)
Wim Thiery, a professor of climate science at the University of Brussels, said the same jet stream that pulled down cold air from the Arctic into the U.S. has fanned warm air from subtropical zones into Europe. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
They form a mosaic running east-west across Nepal, with Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests between convert and Himalayan subtropical pine forests between convert.
Bananas and other subtropical fruits are the thirstiest fruiting plants.
Examples of floating plastics collected in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre during The Ocean Cleanup's 2018 expedition.
Subtropical storm Don emerged in the open waters of the Atlantic on Friday, as confirmed by the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The disease is more common in tropical and subtropical climates.
While we anticipate a robust El Niño for the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, the tropical and subtropical Atlantic have continued to anomalously warm to near-record levels.
Wim Thiery, a professor of climate science at the University of Brussels, said the same jet stream that pulled down cold air from the Arctic into the U.S. has fanned warm air from subtropical zones into Europe.
A deep nearly stationary low centered about 750 miles north-northeast of the state has weakened the subtropical ridge and pushed it to just north of Oahu, while a surface trough trailing from the low is stalled just north of Kauai.
Here you can enjoy a subtropical Mediterranean climate with hot and dry summers and mild winters.
The reflection of lowering surface pressures, along with the proximity of a subtropical jet, may work in favor of increasing more areawide pockets of better organized early week shower activity.
Uniquely, an Australian subtropical ecosystem exists that is not only resilient to the frequent bushfires, but actually needs fire to survive.
A savannah is a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical climates.
Bananas are produced in other tropical and subtropical areas of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as the Canary Islands and Australia.
Bordered by the Atlantic and Indian oceans, it stretches from the Kalahari in the north to the winelands of the Cape in the south, and from the subtropical beaches of KwaZulu-Natal to the wildest reaches of Limpopo.
It's transmitted through the urine and droppings of infected rats found in most tropical and subtropical countries in Africa.
Other outdoor amenities include a gazebo mostly overrun by a riotous cacophony of subtropical plantings, stone pathways that meander through the property’s forest-like collection of mature trees, and a surprisingly spacious swath of grassy lawn.
The result places the islands along the southwest periphery of the subtropical high.
This dry subtropical zone is associated with the world’s warm deserts and is also shifting poleward as the tropics grow.
A new storm is forecast to sweep in from the west in the next several days, supercharged by an atmospheric river of subtropical moisture — long plumes of water vapor that can pour over from the Pacific Ocean through California.
Because potatoes are subtropical plants, they are susceptible to frost damage.
Common combinations with subtropical
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: