east

Example Sentences

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Little said the ship should have gone to the east to avoid other vessels at anchor waiting to enter the Humber Estuary.

From BBC

We reached the street and headed east toward Lake Michigan, where the sun had just climbed out from under its thick, purplish-pink covers.

From Literature

After hearing about the planned prisoner release, Ramón Guanipa took the first available flight from Maracaibo, in the east of the country, to Caracas.

From BBC

Families on Saturday night held candlelight vigils outside El Rodeo prison east of Caracas and El Helicoide, a notorious jail run by the intelligence services, holding signs with the names of their imprisoned relatives.

From Barron's

Two oil tankers subject to US sanctions were reportedly spotted sailing east through the English Channel towards Russia on Thursday.

From BBC