westward

Example Sentences

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While Young America emphasized internal improvements and westward expansion, the spirit carried over into the “American system” of manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 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

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

Away to their right a great shoulder of the mountains stood out, dark and black amid the shadows, thrusting westward.

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