Northward
['nɔːθwəd] or ['nɔrθwɚdz]
Definition
(a.) Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
(adv.) Alt. of Northwards
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Examples
- She reached Fifth Avenue and began to walk slowly northward. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Having done this, I again walked northward till I reached the New Road. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- From Derby still journeying northward, we passed two months in Cumberland and Westmoreland. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- They are gone down to Newcastle, a place quite northward, it seems, and there they are to stay I do not know how long. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But your direction was northward. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- They turned into Madison Avenue and began to stroll northward. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They drifted northward as the snows melted for summer pasture, and southward to winter pasture after the custom of the steppes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hood, instead of following Sherman, continued his move northward, which seemed to me to be leading to his certain doom. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The honoured parent steering Northward, had not gone far, when he was joined by another disciple of Izaak Walton, and the two trudged on together. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Sailor's Creek, an insignificant stream, running northward, empties into the Appomattox between the High Bridge and Jetersville. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When the Campbells are returned, we shall meet them in London, and continue there, I trust, till we may carry her northward. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I saw the girl this evening, walking northward along the shore, from Cobb's Hole, said the Sergeant. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Roman colonies were planted in the valley of the Po, and the great northward artery, the Via Flaminia, was begun. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So I turned my steps northward in the direction of Hampstead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the rear of the Yueh-Chi were the Huns, and in the rear of the Huns and turning them now northward was the vigorous Han Dynasty of China. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I saw her set off northwards along the coast, after leaving the cottage. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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