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Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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Tempe is landlocked and can only build up, and developments will continue to grow skyward in an attempt to ease the city's housing shortage.
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Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
That’s when my husband tapped me on the shoulder and pointed skyward.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Alone, Cynthia Erivo’s Wicked Witch leaps from a window and plummets towards the ground only to jerk skyward and ascend to new altitudes.
—Time, 21 Nov. 2025
The shortage pushed European wheat prices skyward, while across the Atlantic, a bumper harvest ensured that American wheat fed the world—at high prices.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
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Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
That’s when my husband tapped me on the shoulder and pointed skyward.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Alone, Cynthia Erivo’s Wicked Witch leaps from a window and plummets towards the ground only to jerk skyward and ascend to new altitudes.
—Time, 21 Nov. 2025
The shortage pushed European wheat prices skyward, while across the Atlantic, a bumper harvest ensured that American wheat fed the world—at high prices.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for skyward
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 11 Dec. 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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