How to Use westward in a Sentence

westward

1 of 2 adverb or adjective
  • Some of them move westward from Africa.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Some of them move westward from Africa.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • But now there are fears the supply concerns will move westward.
    — Michael Considine, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The shooter fled westward from the scene on foot, police said.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • Since then, Auburn has rolled over the state like a, well, navy blue tide, surging westward.
    — Ramsey Archibald | [email protected], al, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The mill has switched to sending steel westward to the EU via road and rail.
    — Marcus Walker, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The sprawl was bleeding westward, and gobbling up public land to do it.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But waves and risk could increase if Hilary’s path shifts westward.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The risk of tornadoes has shifted westward, away from the metro area.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Bowie's truck driving westward was speeding, per the outlet.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The new section, a nine-month project, will extend the trail westward to the hospital.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 22 June 2023
  • On the ground, signs pointed to a widening zone of conflict, spreading westward.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Cornelius separated his cupped hands and the tiny owl launched westward.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2022
  • Back then, the long journey westward was just a means of occupying our time after the sun went down.
    — WIRED, 14 June 2023
  • It’s expected to stay on a path westward and move into the Gulf early next week.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 19 Aug. 2023
  • From there, the eels moved south- and westward into the Everglades.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Of course no one can predict how many people in Ukraine may head westward if an invasion takes place.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • But further attempts to end their escapade fail, with the plane taking off once again, headed westward.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, police were moving westward along West Sixth Street.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
  • This is where the dream ends for so many of my parents’ generation, who once came westward on the whisper of hope.
    — Zinzi Clemmons, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • Fischer said Ernst’s movement westward is rare for great white sharks in the Gulf.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Residents in the south said Israeli tanks there advanced westward.
    — Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The southeast Alabama district will stretch westward across the state.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The sun has been the enemy of travelers since the first person had to head westward in the afternoon.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 17 July 2022
  • Javier was moving northwest at 10 mph and was expected to pick up speed and turn westward over the coming days.
    — CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The disease spread rapidly, first up and down the East Coast, then westward toward the heartland.
    — Boyce Upholt, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2022
  • As thousands of veterans moved westward for a new beginning, many settled there.
    — Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • From the Bosphorus to the Thames Coffee quickly moved westward.
    — Ali Halit Diker, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • For changes going westward, daytime flights are recommended so bedtime doesn’t land in the middle of the flight.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Nicole is projected to progress westward over the next three or four days, according to Buckingham.
    — Cheryl McCloud, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022

westward

2 of 2 noun
  • The largest planets of our solar system will follow each other westward across the night sky.
    — Derek Van Dam, CNN, 4 July 2020
  • There has been a slight westward shift in the forecast track this morning for the first 24-36 hours.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The new areas have a westward-expansion theme with an emphasis on the railroad.
    — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 June 2017
  • The hurricane center said an area of low pressure could form next week over the northern Gulf and drift westward.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 25 June 2022
  • However there has been a general westward shift with its potential track.
    — Leigh Morgan, al.com, 8 July 2019
  • Al-Mesmari said forces are chasing the militias, led by Ibrahim Jadhran, westwards.
    — Washington Post, 21 June 2018
  • The sisters were arrested more than once on their westward journey from New York for doing so.
    — Erica Pearson, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The spread westward signals more growth in a city that its leaders rank among the top destinations in America.
    — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 6 May 2021
  • The additional plasma gives those powerful westward winds more to push through, which could produce a heating spike.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 June 2021
  • There are several places on our westward-facing exterior wall where the plaster on the inside wall bubbles up.
    — Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
  • One of the highlights is the new entrance into the arch, a light-gathering disk with a westward facing crescent entryway.
    — Gary Garth, USA TODAY, 29 June 2018
  • Erring on the side of caution, the NHC shifted its projection westward and is keeping a close eye on the storm.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Engel went on to be appointed to partner in the 1980s and was tasked with moving the agency westward.
    — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Suddenly, the pilots saw them — two triangular drones, each roughly eight yards wide, speeding westward.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2022
  • And so now these thousands trek westwards, towards the relative safety of neighboring Bangladesh.
    — Euan McKirdy, Rebecca Wright and S.saeed, CNN, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Averaging 10 miles a day, nine men completed the westward run and were welcomed as heroes by the Dutch.
    — Daniel Ford, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
  • The twilight of the tsarist era had seen a flowering of creative religious thought in Russia and this movement shifted westwards.
    — The Economist, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Storms generally move east to west because of trade winds in the tropics, so a greater westward shift usually puts them closer to where the land is, Wang said.
    — Seth Borenstein, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Cold air could also bring light snow down from the lower Great Lakes and in westward-facing terrain from the central Appalachians.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2021
  • An intrepid reporter on the first westward stage shared the grim observations made along the 75-mile waterless stretch coming to the Pecos from the east.
    — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Fourteen of them are in Arizona, with Rick's entrepreneurial nature leading to the westward spread.
    — Katherine Fitzgerald, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2020
  • Cold air moving westward will lower snow levels to 500 feet Wednesday, but with only clear skies expected, no snow is in the forecast.
    — oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The center of Florence continues its slow westward trek across eastern South Carolina.
    — Fox News, 16 Sep. 2018
  • Beijing also sees Iran as a vital notch in its Belt and Road project to spread Chinese influence and commerce westwards.
    — Tim Lister, CNN, 8 May 2018
  • However, a slight westward shift in the storm track would result in a more impactful snow event for western IA and eastern NE.
    — Judson Jones and Monica Garrett, CNN, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Indeed, there was a slight westward shift in the National Hurricane Center's official track during the overnight hours.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The storm's westward motion is expected to continue into Tuesday, followed by a turn toward the west-northwest late Tuesday.
    — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Officials along the Gulf Coast had believed they would be spared the worst of the assault until the storm’s trajectory took an unfavorable westward bounce late in the week.
    — Frances Robles, Lizette Alvarez and Vivian Yee, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Think of American settlers pushing their border westward (both on paper and through real-life violence), even as the natives continued to assert their right to the land.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2021
  • After two days of explosive growth, the Archie Creek Fire’s seemingly inexorable westward expansion has slowed.
    — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2020

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