westward

Example Sentences

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This is where the dream ends for so many of my parents’ generation, who once came westward on the whisper of hope.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

While Young America emphasized internal improvements and westward expansion, the spirit carried over into the “American system” of manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The travellers moved on, continuing westward along the coast.

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

My father’s dream was to gather his sons around him and move westward to the land of the setting sun, to the vineyards of California.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya