How to Use autumn in a Sentence

autumn

noun
  • When autumn came he planted grass.
  • She went off to college in the autumn of 1999.
  • The queen then stays in the nest for the rest of her life, which ends in autumn.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The others close in the spring and reopen in the late autumn.
    — Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • And the bounds of work fell away like autumn leaves and were swept away.
    — Jeff Bradford, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The fjord is key for fishing in the autumn, when the open sea is too harsh.
    — Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In the autumn light, the contrast between the furrows of muck and the lime oceans of cane glow.
    — Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
  • In many ways, this time of year and then the early days of autumn are hard to beat.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • In autumn, the ranch holds chuck wagon races and trail rides.
    — Colleen Creamer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The rest of that group is scattered like so many autumn leaves.
    — Scott Miller, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2022
  • But a long, dry autumn makes up for a cold winter and a cool spring.
    — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • In the autumn air wafts the sweet spice of apple butter.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The band will then take a break before resuming the tour in the autumn.
    — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Thursday was the first day of fall, also known as the autumn equinox.
    — Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The first two, from GSK and Pfizer, were approved last spring and were rolled out for the first time in the autumn.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 26 June 2024
  • In the autumn of his life, Solomon wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Share [Findings] Mars gained and then lost a second moon in the autumn.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Winchester, at 11 years old, is in the autumn of his life.
    — Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Democrats have no votes to spare in the 50-50 Senate, and this autumn will be able to lose no more than three House votes.
    — Alan Fram, ajc, 13 July 2021
  • The nicest time to visit is autumn, when the leaves are golden and rain less likely.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • On the 45-minute drive from Paris to Versailles, a rainy city day gave way to walls of greenery and autumn leaves.
    — Ella Riley-Adams, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Here, the sun sets for the last time around the spring equinox, and does not rise again until near the autumn equinox six months later.
    — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The dog days of August give way to crisp autumn mornings and back-to-school shopping.
    — Lillian Chen, Seventeen, 21 June 2023
  • All the best parts of autumn are on display at Mortimer Farms.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2022
  • There had been a tank out the back of the house that was filled every autumn, just before the cold weather set in.
    — Colin Barrett, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The Italian leather is soft and the color is perfect for autumn.
    — Nikki Chwatt, WWD, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The autumn olive berries are ripe and perfect for jelly.
    — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The autumn mists will turn soon to snow in the Yellowstone high country.
    — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The Hamptons International Film Festival for more than three decades has also been an annual draw in the autumn.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025
  • City, imperious under Pep Guardiola for so long, imploded in the autumn and on Christmas Day, sat seventh.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025

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