heavenward
Example Sentences
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Her finger is broadcast, aiming heavenward, on flat screens scattered around the show, like a motion detector that turns on lights in a dark alley to silently alert passersby of their endangered status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Treblinka is now a vast field covered with a massive memorial consisting of hundreds of stones laid side by side, pointing heavenward.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2024
One photograph depicts women worshiping in a charismatic congregation, their arms raised heavenward, their expressions ecstatic.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
Never were there more fervent prayers borne heavenward.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2023
Whenever the weather would turn nasty, one or another Sherpa was apt to point up at the clouds boiling heavenward and earnestly declare, “Somebody has been sauce-making. Make bad luck. Now storm is coming.”
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
