northward

Example Sentences

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The system is expected to move northwards towards neighbouring Tamil Nadu state in India by Sunday.

From Barron's

McLeod added that preliminary reports indicted the recent whale deaths were linked to vessel strikes, something that's become increasingly more common as the whales shifted northward as the Atlantic's ambient water temperature has risen.

From Salon

Hurricane Fiona hit the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos last September before moving northward over the western Atlantic and hitting Canada as a strong post-tropical cyclone.

From Seattle Times

The ticks, which prefer warm, wet conditions, have indeed expanded their territory northward.

From New York Times

Dogs like Archie — conveyed northward from abysmal situations in the rural South — don’t come with birth certificates.

From Washington Post