east

Example Sentences

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To the east, the city’s Department of Transportation plaza is a fenced-off eyesore.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

The Northern Ireland team is headed by 22-year-old Laura Beacom, from east Belfast, who is the current European champion.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The teaching is delivered under contract by a private company at weekends in a small campus in east London.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

This cycle occurs when changes in tropical wind patterns — or trade winds — allow a massive reservoir of sun-baked seawater to slosh east across the Pacific and up against the Americas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

With the educations Tansy made me and Lloyd get, we went out into the world – back east to the great boom of the big city, the topless towers of Indianapolis.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck