Examples of skyward in a Sentence
Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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The incoming president is likely to lighten regulatory scrutiny of cryptocurrency — sending Bitcoin price skyward.
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Peter Cohan, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
At the stroke of midnight, look skyward to watch the ball drop, followed by confetti and a fireworks display over the rooftops of downtown.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
The band’s main thrust was Minnie’s special gift — a voice that ranges over five octaves, soaring skyward to linger on some spine-tingling note before floating feather-like to where words can again take shape.
—David Rensin, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
There are tens of millions of people who live along a narrow stretch from Mexico’s Pacific Coast to eastern Canada, otherwise known as the path of totality, where locals and travelers gazed skyward to see the moon fully blot out the sun.
—Anna Furman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Peter Cohan, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
At the stroke of midnight, look skyward to watch the ball drop, followed by confetti and a fireworks display over the rooftops of downtown.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
The band’s main thrust was Minnie’s special gift — a voice that ranges over five octaves, soaring skyward to linger on some spine-tingling note before floating feather-like to where words can again take shape.
—David Rensin, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
There are tens of millions of people who live along a narrow stretch from Mexico’s Pacific Coast to eastern Canada, otherwise known as the path of totality, where locals and travelers gazed skyward to see the moon fully blot out the sun.
—Anna Furman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 30 Dec. 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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