Examples of skyward in a Sentence
Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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Back in the ballpark Bonds once called home, a stadium where Roberts has seen hundreds of games as a player and manager, the Dodgers’ skipper turned his gaze skyward after a thunderous Ohtani swing.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Costs for electricity and natural gas delivered by utility behemoths such as PG&E soared skyward, the federal government reported Wednesday.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
And that had countless Carolinians pointing their cameras skyward.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2024
Still, Johnson said, potential interest rate cuts could heat up the housing market even further, sending prices skyward and further threatening the stability of the sector.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 May 2024
What is the plot of 'Evil Does Not Exist?'
Hamaguchi begins the film with a lengthy shot looking skyward through wintry trees on a bright day as Eiko Ishibashi’s score propels us along.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2024
Sometimes Rolexes age in wild ways that drive the price skyward.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
Be sure to visit this Blue Ridge Parkway town and its namesake geological formation — an ancient gneiss outcrop whose rocky bulk causes the wind to blow vertically, making objects appear to float skyward.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
Compared to regular sunglasses, proper eclipse glasses are 100,000 times darker to block nearly all visible, infrared and ultraviolet light and protect our sensitive retinas when looking skyward.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Costs for electricity and natural gas delivered by utility behemoths such as PG&E soared skyward, the federal government reported Wednesday.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
And that had countless Carolinians pointing their cameras skyward.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2024
Still, Johnson said, potential interest rate cuts could heat up the housing market even further, sending prices skyward and further threatening the stability of the sector.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 May 2024
What is the plot of 'Evil Does Not Exist?'
Hamaguchi begins the film with a lengthy shot looking skyward through wintry trees on a bright day as Eiko Ishibashi’s score propels us along.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2024
Sometimes Rolexes age in wild ways that drive the price skyward.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
Be sure to visit this Blue Ridge Parkway town and its namesake geological formation — an ancient gneiss outcrop whose rocky bulk causes the wind to blow vertically, making objects appear to float skyward.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
Compared to regular sunglasses, proper eclipse glasses are 100,000 times darker to block nearly all visible, infrared and ultraviolet light and protect our sensitive retinas when looking skyward.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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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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