eastwards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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During El Niño, these winds weaken or reverse, sending warm surface waters eastwards instead.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
In early January, after a previous deal with the Kurds stalled for months, he went on the offensive, with government forces clashing with Kurdish fighters in parts of Aleppo province before pushing eastwards.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
The city now stretches as far eastwards as far as Bingerville, which was the first capital of the French colony in the early decades of the last century.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
Current weather models show it getting caught in a weather front moving eastwards across the Atlantic steering instead towards Europe.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
And at once swift riders were sent out to gather what news they could northwards; and eastwards from Osgiliath and the road to Minas Morgul.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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