How to Use skyward in a Sentence

skyward

adverb

• Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
• Hebert ran to the rail when the ace came, looked skyward and wept.
  — Ramon Antonio Vargas | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 30 Dec. 2020
• As the pale light bled skyward, the canyon awoke and was silent.
  — Susan Casey, Field & Stream, 6 Dec. 2020
• The look skyward and the sigh of relief on his face said it all.
  — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
• Such fame has driven the price of the round, and the guns chambered for it, skyward.
  — Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 7 Feb. 2020
• The wind lifted the hair off her head, skyward in spines behind the bone.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023
• When a small prop plane flew overhead, one of the boys looked skyward and paused.
  — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
• Above me, the twin towers reached skyward to catch in this moment the last rays of day.
  — Bruce Dale, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
• The buck kicks his feet, churns mud, and slings debris skyward.
  — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2024
• Get on the petrol and the little lady on the hood ascends skyward.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
• Push the rear tail into the ground with your foot to launch yourself skyward.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 22 Aug. 2020
• The shock traveled through the oceans; tsunamis hundreds of feet tall rose skyward.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 28 Aug. 2024
• The boom of rockets and bombs is constant as puffs of black smoke plume skyward.
  — Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 19 Mar. 2017
• Most days this silvery half-light is enough to nourish the fledglings skyward, to charge the battery of the heart.
  — Campbell McGrath, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
• His right arm launching the football skyward as the clock winds down.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2019
• Looking north, and sharply skyward, the ski lifts of Mount Holly crown a peak.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2024
• On takeoff, the front four point skyward while the back four face downward.
  — Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2024
• He was mobbed by teammates, then raised both hands skyward and blew a kiss to the heavens.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
• The 6-foot, 225-pound senior linebacker reached his right arm skyward and caught just enough air to tip the ball.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2020
• The fire sent flames nearly 40 feet skyward and burned for about an hour and 20 minutes.
  — Frank Shyong, latimes.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• Pacquiao climbed the ropes in each corner and threw both arms skyward.
  — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 21 July 2019
• 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
• Back on the farm, my father took the balloon to the backyard, turned his eyes skyward, and let the balloon go.
  — Mary Pflum Peterson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2018
• So mark your June calendar, and gaze skyward on the next clear night.
  — Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic, 31 May 2019
• The fire sent clouds of black smoke billowing skyward that could be seen from afar.
  — TIME, 23 Feb. 2024
• As the Challenger blasted off and the shuttle launched skyward, McAuliffe had already achieved her goal.
  — Harvey Young, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
• During this time, the city seemed not only to contract around Talayan but to jettison itself skyward.
  — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• Johnson launched skyward, then slammed the ball down.
  — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 24 Jan. 2026
• Suddenly the cell phone view pointed skyward, and shots rang out.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
• That was what happened this year, as the red line rocketing skyward in the graph below shows.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 6 Jan. 2026