eastward

Example Sentences

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Moderate rainfall was expected in the San Bernardino Mountains into Friday morning, moving eastward, “which may be heavy at times in the mountains,” the weather service office in San Diego said.

From Los Angeles Times

In the North Atlantic, the region has spread eastward beyond the northern coast of South America and westward into much of the Gulf.

From Science Daily

Over the rest of that year, the disease moved eastward across the islands.

From Science Daily

A band of cloud and rain is expected to move eastwards across the UK on Thursday and this may linger into the evening across northern and eastern Scotland and eastern England.

From BBC

It blew topsy-turvy in an eastward direction, borne by fate and the prevailing winds toward the wide, unforgiving sea.

From Literature