eastern

adjective east·ern \ ˈē-stərn \

|Updated on: 20 Jun 2018

Examples: eastern in a Sentence

Definition of eastern

1 capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated East

2 capitalized

a : of, relating to, or being the Christian churches originating in the church of the Eastern Roman Empire

b : eastern orthodox

3 a : lying toward the east

b : coming from the east

an eastern wind

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easternmost

play \ˈē-stərn-ˌmōst\ adjective

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Examples of eastern in a Sentence

They live in the eastern part of the state.
the eastern shore of the river

Recent Examples of eastern from the Web

Location: Coyote Hills is along the eastern shore of the South Bay, just north of the foot of the Dumbarton Bridge.

— tom stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "Sunday getaway to Coyote Hills," 17 June 2018
For the new study in the journal PLoS One, researchers looked at the remote and little-studied narwhals of Scoresby Sound in eastern Greenland.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "Researchers Record the Sounds of the Elusive Narwhal," 15 June 2018
A year later, the city opened its new $3.3 million pavilion off South Disston Avenue at the eastern end of Wooton Park, overlooking Lake Dora.

— martin e. comas, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Tavares looks to add performing arts center to booming downtown," 15 June 2018
Scientists at the University of Delaware and NOAA just deployed the first permanent buoy to measure carbon dioxide levels in Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the eastern United States.

— eric niiler, National Geographic, "The Ocean Is Getting More Acidic—What That Actually Means," 15 June 2018
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park remains closed because of the volcanic activity at the summit and the ongoing eruptions on Kilauea's eastern flanks.

— caleb jones, Fox News, "Current lava flows are hottest, fastest of latest eruption," 1 June 2018
When eastern Syria was ravaged by drought from 2007 to 2010, 1.5m people fled to cities, where many struggled.

— The Economist, "Climate change is making the Arab world more miserable," 31 May 2018
The molten rock that began emerging over the past few days was from magma that has recently moved down the volcano's eastern flank from one or two craters that sit further upslope — the Puu Oo crater and the summit crater.

— caleb jones and audrey mcavoy, chicagotribune.com, "Toxic steam cloud caused by Hawaii volcano lava emerges over the ocean," 21 May 2018
The molten rock that began emerging over the past few days was from magma that has recently moved down the volcano's eastern flank from one or two craters that sit further upslope - the Puu Oo crater and the summit crater.

— CBS News, "Lava from Hawaii volcano oozes into ocean, creating new toxic hazard," 21 May 2018

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