westward

Example Sentences

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Braiding memoir, pop science and true crime, Fraser delivers a remarkable, persuasive narrative about how good-old-fashioned American values — manufacturing might, westward expansion, cheap leaded gas — turned into a literally toxic combination.

From Los Angeles Times

We continued westward, crossing the Atlantic to Brazil, to a church in Recife that has tripled in size since Covid.

From The Wall Street Journal

Following the strikes, Hamas said the army's westward push of the yellow line and continued bombardment of eastern Gaza amounted to a "blatant breach" of the agreement.

From BBC

Some trains traveled even farther westward into Indiana and on to the growing industrial cities of Gary, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois.

From Literature

Abderahmane fled the city the same day with his father, who died several days on the route westwards to Chad.

From Barron's