westward

Example Sentences

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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

The strait itself is roughly 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, but ships actually track along two deep channels—one westward into the Gulf and one out—that are each only about 2 miles wide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The market is due to see a rolling supply disruption unfolding “sequentially rather than simultaneously” — moving westward, “dictated by shipping times and buffered unevenly by regional inventories.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

The dusk was deep when at length they set out, creeping over the westward rim of the dell, and fading like ghosts into the broken country on the borders of the road.

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