Examples of skyward in a Sentence
Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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An influx of pandemic-era migration, mostly residents from California seeking relatively cheaper housing, has pushed home prices skyward.
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
In portraits that hang in great museums, Milton gazes skyward, as if receiving his dictation from heaven, and the young women—Anne, Mary, and Deborah—lean toward him, eagerly awaiting his next divine word.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2024
But the complete eclipse takes about 2 1/2 hours, which gives you time to look skyward for stars and planets.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
In late 1978, a popular uprising in Iran brought oil production there to a standstill, causing shortages in the United States and other countries and sending prices skyward.
—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2022
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
In portraits that hang in great museums, Milton gazes skyward, as if receiving his dictation from heaven, and the young women—Anne, Mary, and Deborah—lean toward him, eagerly awaiting his next divine word.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2024
But the complete eclipse takes about 2 1/2 hours, which gives you time to look skyward for stars and planets.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
In late 1978, a popular uprising in Iran brought oil production there to a standstill, causing shortages in the United States and other countries and sending prices skyward.
—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2022
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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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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