Examples of skyward in a Sentence
Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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As top-tier sports continue to flee pay-TV like so many panicky horses hoofing their way out of a burning stable, the WNBA is nosing around for oats among the haybales as the sparks fly skyward.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Early on, his department sent drones skyward to see how the store was managing incoming vehicles.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Pine, Colorado — As massive granite outcroppings dotted with evergreen trees jutted skyward from the landscape of Colorado’s Southern Rockies on a warm Tuesday morning, the serenity of bird calls and a babbling creek was shattered by a radio call from a park ranger in distress.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
We’re headed uptown and skyward and forward.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Early on, his department sent drones skyward to see how the store was managing incoming vehicles.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Pine, Colorado — As massive granite outcroppings dotted with evergreen trees jutted skyward from the landscape of Colorado’s Southern Rockies on a warm Tuesday morning, the serenity of bird calls and a babbling creek was shattered by a radio call from a park ranger in distress.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
We’re headed uptown and skyward and forward.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 9 Oct. 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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