eastward

Example Sentences

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During El Niño, these winds weaken or reverse, sending warm surface waters eastwards instead.

From BBC

This sharp temperature contrast resulted in a strengthening jet stream - strong winds high in the atmosphere which travels eastward into the North Atlantic.

From BBC

But I couldn't tell whether we were drifting toward them or eastward into the vast Bering Sea.

From Literature

The State Department urged Americans in all of the Middle East from Egypt eastward to leave for their own safety.

From Barron's

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