Examples of skyward in a Sentence
Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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Outside, the 105-acre garden unfurls with dramatic flair: a 300-year-old tumbling waterfall and its grand Emperor Fountain shooting skyward (built to impress Tsar Nicholas I).
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Washington’s National Mall enjoys similarly efficient border collie services from the company Capitol Geese Patrol, which uses the canines to send Canadian geese skyward to avert waste buildup near tourist areas.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 27 May 2025
The company Gilmour Space notched that milestone today (July 29), sending its first Eris rocket skyward from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in coastal Queensland around 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT; 8:35 a.m.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 July 2025
The Awe of the Cosmos That same sense of reverence is drawing more visionaries skyward.
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2025
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Washington’s National Mall enjoys similarly efficient border collie services from the company Capitol Geese Patrol, which uses the canines to send Canadian geese skyward to avert waste buildup near tourist areas.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 27 May 2025
The company Gilmour Space notched that milestone today (July 29), sending its first Eris rocket skyward from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in coastal Queensland around 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT; 8:35 a.m.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 July 2025
The Awe of the Cosmos That same sense of reverence is drawing more visionaries skyward.
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2025
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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skyward
adverb
sky·ward
ˈskī-wərd 
1
: toward the sky
gaze skyward
2
: to a higher level
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