northward

Example Sentences

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The district is anchored in the eastern side of Bakersfield, home to California’s once-thriving oil fields, and stretches northward toward Fresno to include swaths of agricultural lands and small farming towns.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Worries about inflation and the war in Iran have sent long-term interest rates northward, with the 30-year Treasury yield recently eclipsing 5%.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Humans likely followed these herds northward into Britain while adapting to the somewhat warmer summer conditions.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Weekend trips into nearby Hartford, where no venues imposed racial segregation, contrasted with everything King had seen in his native Atlanta, and with the discriminatory conditions he had endured on his rail journey northward.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Then with a thundercrack the boom came swinging round and she jibed and jumped northward like a scared cat.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin