heavenward
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Her finger is broadcast, aiming heavenward, on flat screens scattered around the show, like a motion detector that turns on lights in a dark alley to silently alert passersby of their endangered status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
A powerful, idealized man of God casts his eyes down toward the ground beneath his feet, rather than heavenward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
One photograph depicts women worshiping in a charismatic congregation, their arms raised heavenward, their expressions ecstatic.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
Absent are grand panoramic vistas; instead, the gaze is directed heavenward to the tops of 200-foot-tall Douglas firs and western red cedars.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Whenever the weather would turn nasty, one or another Sherpa was apt to point up at the clouds boiling heavenward and earnestly declare, “Somebody has been sauce-making. Make bad luck. Now storm is coming.”
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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