yonder

Example Sentences

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Up yonder in the Big Apple, Andrew Cuomo is still pursuing an independent campaign for mayor against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2025

The palm trees, in the back garden, the front yard, along the avenues, on the ridge up yonder.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

An absent father—from a city yonder, past state lines Temple had never crossed—and no relatives on his mother’s side ensured that he got no apprenticeships.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023

“He’d say, ‘Hey, Jimmy, what’s that over there?’ and shove the rook around while I gazed yonder like a schmuck.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022

“Estella,” said I, “do look at that fellow in the corner yonder, who is looking over here at us.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens