How to Use summertime in a Sentence

summertime

noun
  • We go there to pick strawberries in the summertime.
  • Eating fresh sweet corn is one of the many joys of summertime in the South.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2023
  • But a summertime seafood stop is about more than just the food.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Then maybe some cute wedges for the summertime and have my fro out.
    — Danielle Wright, Essence, 12 July 2021
  • Prices have come down from the sky-high summertime rates.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Here are my top eight tips for getting the shot in the summertime.
    — Thomas J. Story, Sunset Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
  • For much of the day, clouds shielded the city from the wilting effects of the summertime sun.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • There’s nothing quite like taking a dip in the ocean in the summertime.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 24 July 2022
  • It’s the ambience, the skyline, the summertime, all of it.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 7 July 2022
  • The homemade beet borscht is one of my favorites in the summertime.
    — Max Abrams, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • That was a drop from the summertime high of 3,567 the previous week.
    — Jeremy Duda, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
  • If these sound like the summertime complaints of the pop star Chappell Roan, that’s the point.
    — Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The patios add around 50 seats to his restaurants and are a boon to summertime sales.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
  • In the summertime, a light cotton wrap keeps your hair up and your neck cool.
    — New York Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • But the hot, sultry south in summertime calls for a porch pounder.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Bats prefer to hunt at night, and there is not much of it in summertime.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 2 Nov. 2019
  • It’s always one of our hikes in the summertime when the weather’s hot.
    — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Also on the horizon: red wine and hard seltzer slushies in the summertime.
    — Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022
  • For a summertime s'mores milkshake, use a knife to smear marshmallow fluff around the rim of the glass.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Still, this is the Hamptons, the summertime playground of the world’s richest and most famous.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Second, Fletcher’s corny dogs will be sold in the summertime, not the fall.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 26 May 2021
  • But tourism takes place over only three months in the summertime.
    — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • There’s also the small fact that Orlando can be quite the scorcher in the summertime.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2024
  • My mom worked her tail off but needed a place to send me after school and in the summertime.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 16 May 2020
  • The nation's summertime surge crested at about half the size of the first deadly wave in April.
    — Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2020
  • In the summertime, there will be an outdoor dining area and a garage door out to Pearl Street.
    — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Her dad bought her Oberon, the local summertime beer, and White Claw hard seltzer.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2021
  • But on other days -- like this Sunday in the summertime -- a song finds you.
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022
  • After evaluating your home’s overall look and feel, and factoring in the size of your outdoor space, you’re bound to find the best bonus bar for summertime hosting.
    — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The body of water straddles Idaho and Utah and is great for cooling off via waterskiing, swimming, sailing, and fishing in the summertime.
    — Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 26 May 2025

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