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How to use skyward in a sentence

22 example sentences · adverb, adjective

Skyward means at or toward the sky. Example: “The rocket shot skyward and exploded in a burst of glittering stars.”

Examples of skyward by meaning

adverbAt or toward the sky.

  • The rocket shot skyward and exploded in a burst of glittering stars.
  • No one is left to swing the battle-ax skyward.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 40
  • Gaze skyward to appreciate this rare triple feature of the brightest planets with a wry grin from the moon.2008 January–February, Matt Bean, “Your cultural calendar: 7 things to look forward to this year”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1...

More sentences with skyward

  • The land was flat as a Hudson River pannenkoek, with this sole peak jabbing skyward.2018 April, D[avid] J[ohn] Butler, chapter 10, in Witchy Winter (Witchy Eye; 2), Riverdale, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN. From the entry pannenkoek
  • The beta male faces left; the gamma male begins to turn then looks skyward.2013, Leonard A. Rosenblum, Primate Behavior: Developments in Field and Laboratory Research, page 374. From the entry gamma male
  • There is an earthstorm, disks of rock careering skyward, buffeting the train.2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, Del Rey, →ISBN. From the entry earthstorm
  • Just take your old mechanical camera, point it skyward, and leave the shutter open.2001, Eric DeBolt, “Happy Trails”, in Astronomy, volume 29, number 7, page 74. From the entry star trail
  • The cigared gentleman in the picture to the right, gazing skyward, is John Vesey.1949 March 21, Eldon Roark, “Strolling With Eldon Roark: Took Ten Years But He Finally Came Thru”, in Memphis Press-Scimitar, 69th year…. From the entry cigared
  • The air compressor sends off quite a large blast of air, sending dust skyward, as the air drilling begins.2018 May 18, Bob Nicol, My Name Is Deliverer, LifeRich Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry fundi
  • Kerry floated on her back in the Caledonian River, looking skyward through the limbs of Granny Ava's hoop pine.2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 27. From the entry hoop pine
  • It augered into the water and vanishedunder the surface only to float up again, its keel pointing skyward.2010, Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, The Silent Sea. From the entry auger
  • I turn my eyes skyward and see the gargoylish figures still commanding the open air between the coiling columns of smoke.2010, Matt Cardin, “The New Pauline Corpus”, in Darrell Schweitzer, editor, Cthulhu's Reign, DAW Books, →ISBN. From the entry gargoylish
  • The reserve canopy snapped open, seemed to yank him skyward.2007 September 5, David S. Michaels, Daniel Brenton, “March 25, 1969: Over the Gobi Desert, Outer Mongolia”, in Red Moon, Barrington…. From the entry flumpf
  • Click: humpback whale, breaching skyward like a frisky trout.2003, David Quammen, “Saving Africa's Eden”, in National Geographic, volume 204, number 3. From the entry inselberg
  • Horoekas inch their way skyward like this for as many as 20 years before maturing, flowering profusely, and bearing black berries.2000 December 12, Fodor's, New Zealand: Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore, Smart Travel Tips from A to Z Plus Maps and Color Photos…. From the entry horoeka
  • It grasshops over the grass and bounds skyward.1935, Frank Crowninshield, Vanity Fair - Volume 43, Issue 6 - Page 35. From the entry grasshop
  • His muscles seem more pronounced, his pecs popping, abs rolling, and his V cut looks sharper than before, driving my desire skyward.2015, Selena Rivera, Unexpected Love. From the entry V-cut
  • WHEN fire storms hit Victoria, the pilots of aircrane Elvis are ready to rock 'n' roll, lifting the 10-tonne orange beast skyward within minutes.2009 January 25, Sue Hewitt, “Pilots ready to rock as Elvis fires up”, in Herald Sun. From the entry aircrane
  • So they ate bowls full of spaghetti covered with cheese and tomato sauce, craning their necks skyward and stuffing their mouths with the long strands.2003, William Black, “Gaeta to Naples”, in Al Dente: The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, part one…. From the entry bowl full
  • Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward.2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022. From the entry albert
  • I am to walk left, westward on the Abenaki trail which I will know by the sapling bent into the earth with one sprout growing skyward.2008, Toni Morrison, A Mercy, Chatto & Windus, page 37. From the entry Abenaki
  • She rolled it out and took it in over one rail and the other; and at times, nose thrown skyward, sitting down on her heel, she avalanched it aft.1912, Jack London, A Sun of the Son, Chapter Eight, IV. From the entry avalanche

Meaning of skyward

  1. adverb At or toward the sky.
  2. adjective Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.

Full definition of skyward

Questions about skyward in a sentence

How do you use skyward in a sentence?
Skyward is used as an adverb and adjective. For example: “The rocket shot skyward and exploded in a burst of glittering stars.”
What is a short sentence with skyward?
“It grasshops over the grass and bounds skyward.”
What does skyward mean?
Skyward means at or toward the sky.

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