How to Use eastward in a Sentence

eastward

1 of 2 adverb or adjective
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  • When heading eastward, sit on the right side of the train for the best views.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The heat dome involved in the June 2022 U.S. heat wave crept eastward over time.
    — William Gallus, CBS News, 26 June 2023
  • The nights of August 12 and 13 will see the Moon rise later and shift eastward (or to the left) of Saturn.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2022
  • As the system spins its way eastward, the smoke is also likely to shift to the east.
    — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 28 June 2023
  • In the early hours of the fire, moderate winds fanned it eastward along the highway.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
  • While the snowstorm is over, the cold is moving eastward, from Denver all the way to New York City.
    — Max Golembo, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Sellers said the severe hail threats died down with the first line of storms as the system moved eastward.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The region was once again put in the path of severe weather as cold front moved eastward across Texas.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The storms are expected to push eastward through the afternoon and into the overnight hours.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Winds will continue to push the smoke eastward, bringing a smoky haze to the Northeast early in the week.
    — Caitlin Kaiser, CNN, 16 July 2023
  • The current one was traveling eastward over the center of the U.S. on Friday.
    — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2023
  • These will sweep eastward a few spots could briefly get wet through early evening.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • There’s a storm system to our south that is going to continue to move eastward over the next 24 hours.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The storm kicked off in the country’s northwest on Sept. 9, getting stronger by the hour and slowly moving eastward.
    — Jiachuan Wu, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • But as the storm evolved those tracks began to shift eastward and toward the Alabama coast.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Through Tonight: Some showers or steady light rain will continue to move eastward across much of the area this evening.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Next, Ukraine’s assault brigades would need to attack eastward along the M14 highway.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2023
  • This heat will spread eastward, impacting the Northeast by the end of the week, then another round of heat will hit the Plains once again.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022
  • By Sunday the ridge of high pressure will move eastward and open the door to a damp and cool system moving south from the Gulf of Alaska.
    — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Where will the heat be this week The heat dome currently stationed over the west will move eastward toward the middle of the country this week.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 July 2023
  • Tyrone was riding his bike eastward on the sidewalk near 4855 West Fond du Lac Ave.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2023
  • As the ice storm advanced eastward on Tuesday, watches and warnings stretched from the western heel of Texas all the way to West Virginia.
    — CBS News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The missile was fired eastward around 7:10 a.m. local time from the Sunan area in the outskirts of Pyongyang, Seoul’s military said.
    — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Some traders are sending gas eastward through pipelines to Ukraine, which has spare storage.
    — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Bands of storms are moving eastward within a corridor between the I-20 and I-85.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The high pressure responsible for the ongoing heat wave across the South will erode as the severe storms shift eastward.
    — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 1 July 2023
  • Strong to severe storms could move into southwest Alabama later this evening ahead of the cold front and track eastward through the overnight hours.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The storms will continue to move eastward to places like Gadsden, Talladega, Auburn and Troy from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The line of storms has progressed slightly eastward as the scope of the tornado warning has shifted over to Grant County in Kentucky.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The jet stream — the river of air that moves storms eastward across the globe — often helps steer atmospheric rivers into California.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
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eastward

2 of 2 noun
  • They are used in packing salt to the mills on the river, from the marshes lying in the deserts, some sixty miles to the eastward.
    — Dan Schlenoff, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2021
  • The smoke began clearing out of the city Monday as flow from the Pacific Ocean began to push the haze eastward.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Trains once carried deeply discounted oil eastward, but that has slowed as new pipelines have been built to the Gulf.
    — Alison Sider, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2018
  • People should lie flat on their back with their feet facing eastward and look up, noting that the eyes should be given about 30 minutes to adapt to the dark.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • According to forecasters an area of high pressure centered to the west of the area will continue to build eastward.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 26 July 2023
  • When the early Russian traders first reached Unalaska, they were told by the natives that to the eastward was a great land or territory.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Kharkiv residents know that the offensive pushing eastward could bring more attacks.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Mohapatra said that the smog could have travelled eastwards.
    — Vijayta Lalwani, Quartz India, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Tornadoes, wind gusts up to 70 mph, hail and heavy rain will all be possible on Thursday, starting as soon as late morning in west Alabama and pushing eastward through the nighttime hours.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 Feb. 2023
  • From central London, the trains will continue eastwards, passing through Canary Wharf, with its cluster of skyscrapers, and heading out to stations deep in the county of Essex -- a total journey of over 60 miles.
    — Jim Boulden, CNN, 22 Dec. 2017
  • In Communist times, labor camps, heavy investment in remote industrial sites and the construction of a second railroad across Siberia and the Far East revived the eastward flow of people.
    — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 14 July 2016
  • The research suggests that the cavemen migrated eastwards from Europe to Siberia and indicated that their ancestors might be an as-yet-undiscovered group.
    — Fox News, 26 June 2019
  • The system moving eastward has already hit parts of the Midwest, which saw heavy snow and limited visibility in places like Iowa, where about 50 cars were involved in a pileup Monday morning.
    — Amir Vera, CNN, 10 Dec. 2019
  • But everyone in the greater region from the Interstate 81 corridor eastward should monitor forecasts.
    — Washington Post, 6 July 2021
  • Instead, their ancestors struck out, likely on floating mats of algae and other debris, and were carried by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current eastward.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2016
  • Iran has also been reminding its people that looking eastward is the right path toward economic revival as prospects of returning to nuclear agreement fade, said Parsi.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
  • With a latitude of 5 degrees, favorable weather conditions and the possibility to launch both north and eastward, Kourou ticked all the boxes for an operational spaceport.
    — Karlijn Korpershoek, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 June 2023
  • Radar imagery showed the eastward movement has moved bands or rain from southeast Texas into southwest and south-central Louisiana, increasing the threat of flash flooding in south Louisiana, the weather service said in a 1 p.m. advisory.
    — Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 27 Aug. 2017
  • Though China's president is no fashion guru, his policies are defining a new eastward-looking luxury goods industry worldwide.
    — James B. Cutchin, latimes.com, 30 June 2019
  • They are used in packing salt to the mills on the river, from the marshes lying in the deserts, some sixty miles to the eastward.
    — Dan Schlenoff, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2021
  • The smoke began clearing out of the city Monday as flow from the Pacific Ocean began to push the haze eastward.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Trains once carried deeply discounted oil eastward, but that has slowed as new pipelines have been built to the Gulf.
    — Alison Sider, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2018
  • People should lie flat on their back with their feet facing eastward and look up, noting that the eyes should be given about 30 minutes to adapt to the dark.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • According to forecasters an area of high pressure centered to the west of the area will continue to build eastward.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 26 July 2023
  • When the early Russian traders first reached Unalaska, they were told by the natives that to the eastward was a great land or territory.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Kharkiv residents know that the offensive pushing eastward could bring more attacks.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Mohapatra said that the smog could have travelled eastwards.
    — Vijayta Lalwani, Quartz India, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Tornadoes, wind gusts up to 70 mph, hail and heavy rain will all be possible on Thursday, starting as soon as late morning in west Alabama and pushing eastward through the nighttime hours.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 Feb. 2023
  • From central London, the trains will continue eastwards, passing through Canary Wharf, with its cluster of skyscrapers, and heading out to stations deep in the county of Essex -- a total journey of over 60 miles.
    — Jim Boulden, CNN, 22 Dec. 2017
  • In Communist times, labor camps, heavy investment in remote industrial sites and the construction of a second railroad across Siberia and the Far East revived the eastward flow of people.
    — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 14 July 2016

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