heavenward

Example Sentences

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To that end, it’s telling that Thiên, first introduced looking downcast and distracted, has by the end turned his gaze quietly heavenward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Absent are grand panoramic vistas; instead, the gaze is directed heavenward to the tops of 200-foot-tall Douglas firs and western red cedars.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022

This was their payment for prayers they’d launch heavenward in Mr. Moneybags’s honor.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022

Lyrically, too, Stephen Schwartz’s contributions can now and then send the eyes rolling heavenward.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

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