Example Sentences

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Shrugging off her jacket on a winterish afternoon last month, Martin was cautious but charming.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2020

But already Aunt Maud was introducing winterish hot oatmeal into our breakfasts.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Winterish Do not say summerish and winterish, but summery, or summerlike, and wintry.

From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks

It turned still cooler as we proceeded—it became chilly—for the Fourth of July it was winterish.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow

March 6.—I think the appearance this morning is as winterish as any I can remember, earth, houses, trees, all covered with snow, which began to fall yesterday morning 40 & continued falling all last night.

From Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 by Winslow, Anna Green