skyward

adverb

sky·​ward ˈskī-wərd How to pronounce skyward (audio)
1
: toward the sky
2
: upward

Examples of skyward in a Sentence

Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
Recent Examples on the Web Cheers erupted from SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as the Starship rocket ignited and rumbled skyward. Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023 Peasants and noblemen looked skyward, awestruck by the beast’s ferocious might. Bess Kalb, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023 But most of the forays have resulted in Alex Morgan looking skyward in frustration. John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023 Still, some energy experts had expected the ongoing Israel-Hama war to push oil prices skyward. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2023 Moments later, a heavy explosive sent a plume of deep-red sand skyward. Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2023 When that plot finally does get rolling — and when Jung starts to fold in elements of a particularly rich and heart-open piece of source material — the play’s lungs expand and its actors get a chance to loft it skyward. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2023 Any dramatic move against Iran risks intensifying a regional conflict that the Biden administration wants to calm as much as possible, and restricting Iranian oil sales could send global gas prices skyward ahead of next year’s presidential election. Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023 The wind theoretically shouldn’t be a factor, as we are hemmed in by buildings on all sides, but this tree, some 60 years old, has strained skyward in search of sunlight. Tom Vanderbilt Josh Robenstone, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of skyward was in 1655

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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.

Kids Definition

skyward

adverb
sky·​ward ˈskī-wərd How to pronounce skyward (audio)
1
: toward the sky
gaze skyward
2
: to a higher level

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