How to use east in a sentence

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• The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England.From the entry down
• By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east.From the entry bear
• You'd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east.From the entry wildcat
• South of the city the river turns sharp to the east.From the entry sharp
• The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short block north.From the entry block
• The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east.From the entry hill
• A facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.From the entry return
• Bravo Actual, I say again: Eight foot mobiles moving east, over.From the entry say again
• So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.From the entry thumb
• Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.From the entry bound
• We've put in carrots in the east field.From the entry put in
• Are we east or west of Greenwich?From the entry Greenwich
• The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges.From the entry overlap
• The hurricane tracked down past the cape before blowing east.From the entry track down
• The longitudinal position of a ship refers to its angular distance east or west from the prime meridian.From the entry longitudinal
• The Warsaw Pact formalized Moscow's dominance in Europe's east.From the entry Warsaw Pact
• Qatar is a meeting place of east and west.From the entry meeting place
• The field pitches toward the east.From the entry pitch
• We need to take the clothes off the line. The news reported a front is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybe hail.From the entry line
• We went up the east side of the park and went down the middle of it.2025, Linda Gowan, Alzheimer’s, Jerry & Me, page 178. From the entry nagavator
• East Midlands Railway is introducing new shortcuts for claiming compensation in the event of late-running services.2021 November 3, “Network News: EMR changes claims process”, in RAIL, number 943, page 15. From the entry shortcut
• A tree had been blown down on the track east of Chippenham.2020 June 3, Andrew Mourant, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, in RAIL, page 58. From the entry blow down
• Help could also come from adding reversing sidings east of Victoria.2020 January 2, Philip Haigh, “Is there relief to congestion along Castlefield Corridor?”, in Rail, page 23. From the entry reversing siding
• After sundown, we continued to Boudhanath Stupa in the east of Kathmandu.2020 January 5, PATTARAWADEE SAENGMANEE, “Awakening from the quaking”, in Bangkok Post, archived from the original on 27 May 2022. From the entry Gyangtse
• It stretches 9.75 km east and west and measures about 3.38 km across north and south.(Can we date this quote?), “About Us”, in Health Center of Tienwei Township of Changhua county, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2020. From the entry Peitou
• Myanmar's Shan state, which borders both China and Thailand, is the wild wild east.2019 July 4, Michael Sullivan, “In Myanmar, Methamphetamine, Synthetic Drug Production Soars”, in NPR, archived from the original on 21…. From the entry call the shots
• Trees and houses are submerged by floodwater in a village in Xuancheng, in east China’s Anhui province.2016 July 21, Angela Fritz, “This year’s monsoon floods are the second-costliest on record in China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN…. From the entry Xuancheng
• Andrew's, ecclesiastical north, south, east, and west correspond to geographical northeast, southwest, southeast, and northwest.2014, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 365. From the entry north
• Trenches were dug into the marshlands (marjals) east of the city to drain them.2014, Thomas F. Glick, Steven Livesey, Faith Wallis, Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry marjal
• Near the campus’ east gate, medieval-looking Healy Hall impresses with its tall, Hogwarts-esque clock tower.2014, Karla Zimmerman, Pocket Washington DC, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 61, column 1. From the entry Hogwarts-esque
• "You know there's a superchub bar in east Lauderdale, fat boy.2014, Jack Kerley, The Memory Killer, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 182. From the entry superchub
• Richter's concept of 'capitalist realism' alluded to the doctrines of socialist realism east of the border.2013, John Sandford, editor, Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture, Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry capitalist realism

Meaning of east

1. noun The direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.
2. noun The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
3. noun In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.

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Questions about east in a sentence

How do you use east in a sentence?

East is used as a noun, adjective and adverb. For example: “Portsmouth is to the east of Southampton.”

What is a short sentence with east?

“The field pitches toward the east.”

What does east mean?

East means the direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.