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• When India collided with Asia (incidentally creating the Himalayas), the onychophorans could spread northwards from India instead.2016 October 12, Susannah Lydon, “How did the velvet worm cross the world? The answer lies in amber”, in The Guardian. From the entry onychophoran
• Wagstaff strolled with me along the wooded arm of land shouldering northwards from Bethlehem Bay.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 502. From the entry shoulder
• The North Upper German area (Nordoberdeutsch) is like a wedge pushing the Middle German area northwards.1983, C.A.M. Noble, Modern German Dialects, page 59f. From the entry Upper Franconian
• From Hui-li-chou northwards I was escorted by real soldiers, quite of the new service.1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China. From the entry coolie
• The Upper Red River veers northwards to China, but we take a sneaky left-hand turn down the Da River (Black River).2017 July 1, Colin Hinshelwood, “Cruise Vietnam’s scenic and lush Red River”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2017. From the entry Black River
• Then we drove on the November 16 northwards and entered the desert at the oil camp of Tatrang.2004, China Tourism, numbers 287-292, →OCLC, page 83. From the entry Tatrang
• A long line of lighted windows flashed past, and then, in decrescendo, the sound and fury passed northwards.1954 January, H. P. White, “Vignettes of the Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 53. From the entry decrescendo
• In the Barents Sea, the term atlantification implies that the current MIZ will move northwards and that stratification will decrease strongly in the MIZ region.2003, Paul F. Wassmann, Eduard Bauerfeind, Martin Fortier, Mitsuo Fukuchi, Barry T. Hargrave, Brad Moran, Thomas T. Noji, Eva-Maria…. From the entry atlantification
• The wall, from the Ming period, which is still intact, stretches south-westwards to the foothills of the Qilianshan and approximately northwards to the Beishan.1993, China (Insight Guides), 2nd edition, Singapore: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 231. From the entry Beishan
• From its centre the El Argar culture spread eastwards towards Granada and northwards to Murcia and Valencia, though losing some traits on the way.1975, I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, E. Sollberger, editors, The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume II, Part 2: History of…. From the entry El Argar
• Looking away from the city, the British troops gazed northwards into the famous White Cloud Mountains (Pai-yün-shan), which divided Nanhai and P’an-yü counties.1966, Frederic Wakeman, Jr., Strangers at the Gate: Social Disorder in South China, 1839-1861, University of California Press, →LCCN…. From the entry P'an-yü
• A short branch ran northwards from the brickworks to an extensive clay pit in which there was a considerable network of sidings.1960 January, Iain D. O. Frew, “The Brora Colliery Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, page 56. From the entry clay pit
• The concurrent "Atlantification" of the seasonal ice-cover zone may result in an expansion of Atlantic species northwards and significant changes in biomass, seasonal variation and spatial distribution of phytoplankton.2005, C. A. Brebbia, Air Pollution Thirteen, page 108. From the entry atlantification

Meaning of northwards

1. adverb Northward; in a northerly direction.

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How do you use northwards in a sentence?

Northwards is used as an adverb. For example: “In 1903, I had adventured, for the first time, northwards, and it really was the North, as my objective was the Great North of Scotland Railway.”

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“From Hui-li-chou northwards I was escorted by real soldiers, quite of the new service.”

What does northwards mean?

Northwards means northward; in a northerly direction.