westward

Example Sentences

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The travellers moved on, continuing westward along the coast.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Mr. Crytzer’s narrative hums along with the National Road’s traffic as he colorfully describes Pony Express riders, stagecoaches, Conestoga wagons and many thousands of migrants wending ever westward, feeding the nation’s economic and territorial growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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 Saudis have a pipeline system with a capacity of about seven million barrels a day that goes westward from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

They moved westward early, and roamed over Eriador as far as Weathertop while the others were still in the Wilderland.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien