wintered

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of winter.
  winter

  noun

  the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of winter.
  winter

  noun

  the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).

Example Sentences

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wintered

A particularly steep downturn began in the winter of 2018, when about 30,000 monarch butterflies wintered in California, according to Emma Pelton, a monarch conservation biologist with the Xerces Society.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

He consulted her remotely when he wintered in Florida; he has also seen his cardiologist and his sleep specialist through telehealth.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2021

In the classic migration pattern, flocks that wintered in the southern U.S. fly north in the spring, returning to the same spots in the high and sub-Arctic to breed and nest.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 16, 2020

The social pages followed his comings and goings, when he summered in Bar Harbor and wintered in Boca Raton.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 19, 2019

There rabbits and ptarmigan gathered to eat seeds out of the wind, and moose wintered on the twigs of the willows.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

Related Words

• cold