heavenward
Example Sentences
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Never were there more fervent prayers borne heavenward.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 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
This was their payment for prayers they’d launch heavenward in Mr. Moneybags’s honor.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022
Taylor looks vaguely heavenward as she says this.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2022
Ifemelu's mother would raise her arm high, heavenward, as she said, “Amen, Father Lord, amen.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
