westward

Example Sentences

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This is where the dream ends for so many of my parents’ generation, who once came westward on the whisper of hope.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The travellers moved on, continuing westward along the coast.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

A fourth vessel, the Madagascar-flagged tanker Murlikishan, meanwhile crossed the strait westward into the Gulf on Tuesday morning through the Larak Island route.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Kish, westward into the Gulf, has an airstrip.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

By about eleven o'clock the whole company was once more on the march, riding westward with the mountains on their left.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis