westward

Example Sentences

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According to the report, commanders became aware of the fire’s westward movement just after 2 a.m., and ordered evacuations for much of west Altadena at 3 a.m., with alerts going out at 3:25 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Wherever the group paused along their journey westward, they planted one.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The market is due to see a rolling supply disruption unfolding “sequentially rather than simultaneously” — moving westward, “dictated by shipping times and buffered unevenly by regional inventories.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates in recent months as part of a push to scale its operations westward, which it started five years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

That song Vetch sang aloud now as he held the boat westward, going before the cold wind of the winter night that blew at their backs from the vastness of the Open Sea.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin