eastward

Example Sentences

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Over the rest of that year, the disease moved eastward across the islands.

From Science Daily

A band of cloud and rain is expected to move eastwards across the UK on Thursday and this may linger into the evening across northern and eastern Scotland and eastern England.

From BBC

It blew topsy-turvy in an eastward direction, borne by fate and the prevailing winds toward the wide, unforgiving sea.

From Literature

By Sunday morning rain will have moved into Northern Ireland and will then progress eastwards to all but East Anglia and southeast England by dusk.

From BBC

The city now stretches as far eastwards as far as Bingerville, which was the first capital of the French colony in the early decades of the last century.

From Barron's