eastward
Example Sentences
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With the warm water shifting eastward across the Pacific, heavy tropical rains follow close behind—spurring ideal environmental conditions for hurricanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Additionally, the heat dome in the region has been moving away eastward, allowing for the moisture to build up in the atmosphere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Beneath the Pacific Ocean, a large region of molten material began moving strongly eastward instead of continuing its weaker westward flow.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The mercury could climb to 38C in Ukraine this week as Europe's deadly, record-breaking heatwave drifts eastward, engulfing the western half of the war-torn country.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Day was opening in the sky, and they saw that the mountains were now much further off, receding eastward in a long curve that was lost in the distance.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
