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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

  1. preposition In the direction of.
  2. preposition In relation to (someone or something).
  3. preposition For the purpose of attaining (an aim).

Full definition of toward

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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