westward

Example Sentences

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The travellers moved on, continuing westward along the coast.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

A fourth vessel, the Madagascar-flagged tanker Murlikishan, meanwhile crossed the strait westward into the Gulf on Tuesday morning through the Larak Island route.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 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

A red lamp hung from its roof; the westward window-slit was high and dark.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien