eastward

Example Sentences

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As the storm tracked eastward into the western Mediterranean, it drew up warm southerly winds from North Africa, lifting fine Saharan dust high into the atmosphere.

From BBC

The US State Department urged Americans to leave all of the Middle East from Egypt eastward.

From Barron's

In early January, after a previous deal with the Kurds stalled for months, he went on the offensive, with government forces clashing with Kurdish fighters in parts of Aleppo province before pushing eastwards.

From Barron's

Forecasters said the storm had moved eastwards away from French territory during Thursday, though some areas were still on alert for flooding.

From Barron's

It has been caused by a large area of high pressure being stuck across Scandinavia and acting like a road-block preventing weather systems from moving eastward as we'd normally see.

From BBC