Examples of skyward in a Sentence
Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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The human dressed as Monopoly’s moneybags man tossed fake dollar bills skyward.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
That came into stark relief on March 14, 2025, when Joseph Assad drove me out to Kennedy Space Center to watch a manned SpaceX flight—Crew-10—climb skyward, bound for the International Space Station.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Predictably, the war has shaken up the already unstable Middle East and driven oil prices skyward.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Where the Rio Grande meets the sea, the rockets of SpaceX are launched; astronomers gaze skyward, hawkers shill their wares and environmentalists survey the damage.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
That came into stark relief on March 14, 2025, when Joseph Assad drove me out to Kennedy Space Center to watch a manned SpaceX flight—Crew-10—climb skyward, bound for the International Space Station.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Predictably, the war has shaken up the already unstable Middle East and driven oil prices skyward.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Where the Rio Grande meets the sea, the rockets of SpaceX are launched; astronomers gaze skyward, hawkers shill their wares and environmentalists survey the damage.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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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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