How to Use eastward in a Sentence

eastward

adverb or adjective
  • When heading eastward, sit on the right side of the train for the best views.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The heat dome involved in the June 2022 U.S. heat wave crept eastward over time.
    William Gallus, CBS News, 26 June 2023
  • The nights of August 12 and 13 will see the Moon rise later and shift eastward (or to the left) of Saturn.
    Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2022
  • As the system spins its way eastward, the smoke is also likely to shift to the east.
    Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 28 June 2023
  • In the early hours of the fire, moderate winds fanned it eastward along the highway.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
  • While the snowstorm is over, the cold is moving eastward, from Denver all the way to New York City.
    Max Golembo, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Sellers said the severe hail threats died down with the first line of storms as the system moved eastward.
    Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The region was once again put in the path of severe weather as cold front moved eastward across Texas.
    Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The storms are expected to push eastward through the afternoon and into the overnight hours.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Winds will continue to push the smoke eastward, bringing a smoky haze to the Northeast early in the week.
    Caitlin Kaiser, CNN, 16 July 2023
  • The current one was traveling eastward over the center of the U.S. on Friday.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2023
  • These will sweep eastward a few spots could briefly get wet through early evening.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • There’s a storm system to our south that is going to continue to move eastward over the next 24 hours.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The storm kicked off in the country’s northwest on Sept. 9, getting stronger by the hour and slowly moving eastward.
    Jiachuan Wu, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • But as the storm evolved those tracks began to shift eastward and toward the Alabama coast.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Through Tonight: Some showers or steady light rain will continue to move eastward across much of the area this evening.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Next, Ukraine’s assault brigades would need to attack eastward along the M14 highway.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2023
  • This heat will spread eastward, impacting the Northeast by the end of the week, then another round of heat will hit the Plains once again.
    Jennifer Gray, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022
  • By Sunday the ridge of high pressure will move eastward and open the door to a damp and cool system moving south from the Gulf of Alaska.
    oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Where will the heat be this week The heat dome currently stationed over the west will move eastward toward the middle of the country this week.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 July 2023
  • Tyrone was riding his bike eastward on the sidewalk near 4855 West Fond du Lac Ave.
    Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2023
  • As the ice storm advanced eastward on Tuesday, watches and warnings stretched from the western heel of Texas all the way to West Virginia.
    CBS News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The missile was fired eastward around 7:10 a.m. local time from the Sunan area in the outskirts of Pyongyang, Seoul’s military said.
    Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Some traders are sending gas eastward through pipelines to Ukraine, which has spare storage.
    Joe Wallace, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Bands of storms are moving eastward within a corridor between the I-20 and I-85.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The high pressure responsible for the ongoing heat wave across the South will erode as the severe storms shift eastward.
    Allison Chinchar, CNN, 1 July 2023
  • Strong to severe storms could move into southwest Alabama later this evening ahead of the cold front and track eastward through the overnight hours.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The storms will continue to move eastward to places like Gadsden, Talladega, Auburn and Troy from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Migration and Genes Coyotes, once confined to the western half of the country, moved eastward as wolves declined in the 19th and 20th centuries.
    Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The line of storms has progressed slightly eastward as the scope of the tornado warning has shifted over to Grant County in Kentucky.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024

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