How to use toward in a sentence
40 example sentences · preposition, adjective
Toward means in the direction of. Example: “She moved toward the door.”
Examples of toward by meaning
prepositionIn the direction of.
- She moved toward the door.
prepositionIn relation to (someone or something).
- What are your feelings toward him?
prepositionFor the purpose of attaining (an aim).
- I'm saving money toward retirement.
prepositionLocated close to; near (a time or place).
- Our place is over toward the station.
More sentences with toward
- A falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity.From the entry acceleration
- The desert stretched out toward the horizon as if into infinity.From the entry infinity
- The problem's identification was the first step toward dealing with it.From the entry identification
- They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.From the entry adder
- The therapist explained how certain muscles adduct the leg toward the body.From the entry adduct
- Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me.From the entry distant
- The adductor of the eye turns the eye toward the nose.From the entry adductor
- He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday.From the entry bounce
- The water deepens as you go toward the middle of the channel.From the entry deepen
- We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.From the entry sled
- He was scared stiff, like a deer in the headlights, by the vampire walking toward him.From the entry scared stiff
- His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.From the entry vengeful
- They were jockeying for position toward the end of the race.From the entry jockey
- During assembly, keep the tab oriented toward the slot that it will later enter.From the entry oriented
- Criminals are sometimes admissive of their guilt and compassionate toward victims.From the entry admissive
- We’ve seen faith calcify into self-righteousness, closed-mindedness, and cruelty toward others.From the entry closed-mindedness
- All the evidence points toward the defendant's guilt. I rest my case.From the entry I rest my case
- The charity fund edged up toward its goal as more and more people donated.From the entry edge up
- He had long been fond of drink, but now he was tending toward the strong drink especially.From the entry strong drink
- Walking barefoot toward the beach, we picked our way between the sharp rocks.From the entry pick one's way
- He had long been fond of drink, but now he was tending toward the hard drink especially.From the entry hard drink
- If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.From the entry point
- So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.From the entry thumb
- The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.From the entry lean
- They made away from the fire toward the river.From the entry make
- I booted the ball toward my teammate.From the entry boot
- The point guard drove toward the basket.From the entry basket
- His feelings toward his parents are ambivalent.From the entry ambivalent
- His strength flagged toward the end of the race.From the entry flag
- His attitude toward me is utterly venomous.From the entry venomous
- He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.From the entry vision
- The television show was primarily directed toward a black audience, but it did have a few token white people as performers.From the entry token
- The wind impelled the kayaks toward the shore.From the entry impel
- Despite years of conflict, she felt no animosity toward him.From the entry animosity
- This game has a mechanic where if you run toward a ledge you automatically jump off rather than just falling.From the entry mechanic
- He had a miserly attitude toward spending money.From the entry miserly
Meaning of toward
- preposition In the direction of.
- preposition In relation to (someone or something).
- preposition For the purpose of attaining (an aim).
Questions about toward in a sentence
- How do you use toward in a sentence?
- Toward is used as a preposition and adjective. For example: “She moved toward the door.”
- What is a short sentence with toward?
- “I'm saving money toward retirement.”
- What does toward mean?
- Toward means in the direction of.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: toward (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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