northward

Example Sentences

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The fly has remained present in South America, and in recent years has moved northward.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

The district is anchored in the eastern side of Bakersfield, home to California’s once-thriving oil fields, and stretches northward toward Fresno to include swaths of agricultural lands and small farming towns.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Weekend trips into nearby Hartford, where no venues imposed racial segregation, contrasted with everything King had seen in his native Atlanta, and with the discriminatory conditions he had endured on his rail journey northward.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

As rain then spreads northward across England and Wales, it meets the colder Artic air we have had in place over the past week, resulting in the rain turning to snow by Thursday evening.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

All that day the outer ridge of the Emyn Muil had been bending gradually northward, as they struggled on.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien