How to Use west in a Sentence

west

1 of 3 adverb
Definition of westnext
  • They live just west of here.
  • They drove west after they got off the highway.
  • And less than two weeks ago, a man died in a fall from the fence west of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The project is set to be the first hospital to be built west of Ninth Street in Louisville in more than 150 years.
    — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Riders who board along this segment of the route can catch the bus two blocks west on Hanover Street.
    — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The oldest part of the city, known as Thonburi, sits west of the Chao Phraya River, and a visit to this corner of the city takes you back in time.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Chelsea is about 15 miles west of Ann Arbor (my hometown).
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Nov. 2023
  • For the next installment, Agyemang decided to head out west for the first time since 2019.
    — Indya Brown, Essence, 16 Oct. 2023
  • An officer yelled Brasel had a gun as police chased him west from the park, police said.
    — Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The fabric was found almost 40 years ago in a peat bog — a type of wetland — in the Glen Affric valley, 15 miles west of Loch Ness.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The single-car crash happened about 5:25 p.m. on Oceanside Boulevard just west of Vine Street.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Lidia was moving west at 6 mph (9 kph) but expected to turn northwest and north over the weekend.
    — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Just about 25 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip is a different kind of spectacle.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The two were staying at a rental home in a heavily wooded area around five miles west of Nathrop, Colorado.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The burrow they were born in lies three miles west of Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, in the suburb of Makara.
    — Pete McKenzie, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Rocks blasted loose from the quarry site in Mission Gorge were hauled 15 miles west to construct the jetties at the mouth of Mission Bay.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
  • The driver of a white Ford vehicle was heading west on Nicolaus.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2024
  • On Clifford Place, a few blocks west of Manhattan Avenue, a row of three buildings seems to fit the format.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Chicago will be right on the line of rain and snow with only a few inches of sloppy snow possible in the city and up to 5 to 10 inches west and north of the city.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Note that our season’s first frost is possible Monday night in some spots west of I-95.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Graham is about 35 miles west of Durham, North Carolina.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • There is, by contrast, plenty of evidence that the Vikings settled in Iceland around 870 and soon pushed west to Greenland.
    — Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Fate has reunited them for a mission out west to the continent Tural.
    — The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The rental home is located about five miles west of Nathrop in a thickly forested subdivision.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Their report additionally noted that the suspect fled west on 41st Street in a car.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • At least 50% of the sun will be blocked during the eclipse as far west as Anaheim, California, and as far east as Orlando, Florida.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
  • And farther west in Ventimiglia are stunning botanical gardens open to the public.
    — Hannah Seligson, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2024
  • One was located west of the Cabo Verde Islands on Thursday and could become a tropical depression over the next few days.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Strong to severe thunderstorms are developing west of our area and heading into the region over the next few hours.
    — NBC News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The property is just west of two even larger data centers Amazon plans to build in the city, which sits along the Columbia River about 190 miles east of Portland.
    — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2023
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west

2 of 3 adjective
  • But the west wing, Savitt said, could be a game-changer.
    — Ernie Suggs, ajc, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The Anheuser-Busch brewery sits on the west side of the 405 Freeway.
    — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Parking is on the west side of Spring Road, one block west of York Road.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The project will rise opposite Via Sana on the west side of West 25th Street.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2022
  • On Sunday, the city’s west side received a skiff of snow, while more fell on the east side.
    — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Overnight lows should be around 33 degrees with west winds from 3 to 7 mph.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Currently, of the three high schools in the district, West High is the only one on the west side.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The hotel will be located on the west side of the land and 15 cottages will be built on the east side,.
    — Kathy Jumper, al, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The west side will not be ready for public traffic by mid-April.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Around 300 acres of salt marsh on the west side of the causeway will be protected by the project, the release says.
    — Margaret Kates | [email protected], al, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Previously, plans called for it to be built on the west side of the highway.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2023
  • Gill also said the YMCA plans to set up a camp host on the west side of the reservoir, where the bulk of the campsites are.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • So far, the birds have been descending on the west side of the draw, opposite the camera.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Tomorrow, the girl in the bright orange jacket will stand on a cliff on the west side of the island.
    — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Three people died in crashes on east and west 38th streets.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Following the impact, Cramer's GMC traveled off the west side of the roadway and struck a guardrail.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Rangers then located his car still parked at the North Inlet Trailhead on the west side of the park.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The only entrance to the establishment would be from the new South 43rd Street driveway near the west end of the site.
    — Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Slides showed a complex with seven stories on the west side and six stories on the east side.
    — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Those who head to the west side of the Magnificent Mile to River North can find some of the coolest bars and clubs the city has to offer.
    — Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 4 Jan. 2023
  • And its epicenter is the patch of real estate on the west side of the highway, mere yards from the Nevada side.
    — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The large grass field used for parking on the west side of the complex was torn up when FEMA used it as a staging area.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The heavy snow brought down trees across the city and littered U.S. 26 with limbs, shutting down the highway for eight hours on Portland’s west side.
    — oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Footage from a state transportation camera shows the crash on the west side of the Baltimore Beltway.
    — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Construction began in 2021 at the site on the west side of Coit Road called Lexington Park.
    — Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Parking on the west side of Route 1, previously $50, will now be free.
    — Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Surge will also be possible along the rest of the Florida peninsula -- both on the east side and the west side.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 9 Nov. 2022
  • There are more than 70 street parking spots along the west side of Invergordon Road, Waltz said.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Two separate shootings in Phoenix, one on the west side and one in the central area of the city, left two men dead Saturday evening.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The curfew is from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. weekdays and is valid for all of Port-au-Prince and surrounding cities that are part of the west regional departments.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
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west

3 of 3 noun
  • There's a beautiful pond to the west of the trail.
  • If that way is east, then this way is west.
  • We will be traveling into the city from the west.
  • Floods have caused extensive damage in the West.
  • Come explore the natural wonders of the American West.
  • To the east is Tuthill Road, and to the west is Perryville Road.
    — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The park is in northeastern Utah, north west of the city of Coalville.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Just be prepared to drive at least 30 minutes north or west of the city for the event.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • North and west of there, the forecast is for 3 inches or less.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Explosions boomed from the hills to the west, followed by plumes of smoke.
    — Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2023
  • So my outfit was an amalgamation of the east and the west!
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 4 Apr. 2023
  • It’s also sunk deep into the ground as the venue sits right in the middle of the flight path to LAX, which is about three miles to the west.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
  • But the east coast can still be five degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the west.
    — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The parking lot will be south of Holmes Avenue and west of Jordan Lane.
    — Scott Turner | [email protected], al, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Right now, the field is centered a little south west of the northern tip of Greenland.
    — oregonlive, 11 July 2023
  • Winds aren’t too bad, around 10 mph from the west, but that’s enough to keep wind chills from rising any higher than the teens to near 20.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Charlemagne is adjacent to church and cemetery land to the west.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Haines Cay includes more than two miles of beachfront along its eastern coast and creeks, bluffs and forests to the west.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • However, Wednesday is very windy with gusts from the west over 30 mph.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The hurricane center has nudged Idalia’s track a little to the west as on Tuesday.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Storms are likely to roll in late this afternoon moving from the west at about 40 mph.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The best spot for hiking in the Midwest might be a 90-minute drive west of Indianapolis.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Mar. 2023
  • In the United States, for instance, they are mostly located in the west.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The odyssey began at the former fishing village of Badachro, a 70-mile drive west from the city of Inverness.
    — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Over time kites spread across Asia, carried by merchants and traders, and moved west to Europe.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The phenomenon can be seen from both the northern and southern hemispheres as long as there are clear skies and a view of the west.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This will favor people farther to the west, where the moon will be higher above the horizon at the time of the occultation.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2024
  • That requirement is more challenging along the near west and near east sides.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Whatever rain fell from the clouds was largely inconsequential around the city and to the west.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Storms to the west are expected to move into the region late Tuesday, and some may make it into western Virginia while still intense.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024

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