thataway
Example Sentences
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They went Piscataway — er, thataway, off for greener pa$ture$ in the Big Ten.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2022
Whitehead’s own mind has famously gone thataway through nine other books that don’t much resemble one another, but this time he’s hit upon a setup that will stick.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2021
Anyone who has ever watched an old Western movie will instantly recognize the first word as referring to men deputized by the sheriff to chase down some varmints who went thataway.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2014
Their house was the one with the big wooden sign on the porch—a blue finger pointing thataway.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2014
"The principal's office is thataway," I said, pointing left.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.