How to Use southward in a Sentence

southward

1 of 2 adverb or adjective

• At the same time, the frigid Arctic air moves southward.
  — Henry Fountain, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
• The storms are expected to move southward through the evening hours.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 13 July 2022
• The storms will move southward through the day on Saturday.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 Apr. 2022
• These will develop to the north and move southward overnight.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 24 May 2023
• The chance for stronger storms is expected to decrease as the front moves southward.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 27 May 2021
• Forecasters were watching a cold front sag southward across the state, with rain and a few storms ahead of it.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 20 Jan. 2022
• Recent winds had mainly pushed the largest fire southward toward the Great Slave Lake.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• Stiff currents sent these 11 bears southward — away from home.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 June 2022
• Monday night could see more showers and storms as this front sags southward again.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
• On Tuesday the threat for storms is expected to shift southward.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 6 Aug. 2023
• Storms continued to track across parts of Alabama as of 1:45 p.m., and the line will progress southward and eastward through the day.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 7 Mar. 2022
• The risk for storms could shift more northward or southward depending on how far the front travels.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 20 Apr. 2021
• All the while, the Guadalquivir River, which allowed ships into Seville, began to silt up, forcing trade southward to the coastal town of Cádiz.
  — Walker Mimms, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• The greatest amount of rainfall will occur in the coastal ranges with lesser amounts southward and points inland.
  — Austin Turner, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
• Portland is clear and dry, but fog is heavy starting around #Salem and moving southward.
  — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
• Then on Wednesday the threat for strong storms shifts southward to include south and east Alabama.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 12 July 2022
• This past week, just as the Northern Lights stretched southward, the Southern Lights also stretched farther north.
  — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023
• From the coast, anglers in Mobile Bay are finding loads of trout from Theodore southward around the bait slicks, though many are not legal sized.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 3 Sep. 2021
• Grace’s track has shifted southward as of Monday, and the core of the storm may move south of most of Hispaniola and Cuba and into the Gulf.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 17 Aug. 2021
• More of that slightly cooler air will filter southward on Wednesday to affect more of the state.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 Aug. 2023
• By Thursday morning, the path will swing back southward, and the storm will return as a cold front that will linger into Friday.
  — oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2021
• An upper level trough reaches southward from the Gulf of Alaska and will strengthen and slide toward the West Coast over the next 24-48 hours.
  — oregonlive, 15 June 2022
• This cooler, denser water then moves southward until it’s pulled back up to the surface and warms in a process called upwelling.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2023
• The Labrador Current is known as a very conveyor belt of water that moves southward from near Greenland.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 3 June 2023
• This has affected the south of Pakistan more, but the north also saw rain late in August as the jet stream dipped southward into the region.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2022
• The vessel has since sailed southward to the Red Sea, German authorities said.
  — Derek Gatopoulos, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
• At the same time, colder air will be draining southward from Northern New England.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
• The disturbance is expected to drift southward over the next couple of days and landfall of the storm is not expected.
  — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 1 June 2023
• Friday into the weekend, the warmth will wane and be shunted southward by a cold front dropping into the central states.
  — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
• The bad news is another surge of frigid arctic air is expected to plunge southward from Canada by week's end.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024

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southward

2 of 2 noun

• In this region, spring winds drive a stronger current southward along the coast.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2020
• Studies show the devices stop the natural flow of sand southward along the coast.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
• The cargo rate from St. Louis southward is now up 77% above the three-year average.
  — Scott McFetridge, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
• Meanwhile, the flip side is frigid Arctic air spilling southward.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2017
• Gusts of 40 mph or higher are likely at times from Salem southward.
  — oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2022
• That results in a weaker, more wavy jet stream, which is more likely to spill its cold air southward.
  — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2021
• While Portland may stay in the clouds for the bulk of the day Friday, areas from about Salem southward should see sunny skies sooner, and temps in the mid 70s.
  — oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2021
• Rain amounts should be lower in locations from Eugene southward as the storm’s path is likely to stay north of the area.
  — oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2021
• Ogallala — one of the world's largest — is vital to farmers and ranchers in parts of eight plains states from South Dakota southward.
  — Tammy Webber, Chron, 9 Sep. 2021
• There was a short blast southward on Highway 101, but no roads were challenging.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 6 Oct. 2020
• The areas that could see severe storms will be roughly from Montgomery and Auburn southward toward the coast.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 26 Nov. 2022
• Locations from about Salem southward may stay dry all day.
  — oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023
• France sent more than 4,000 troops to stop the rebels’ southwards advance on the capital of their former colony, Bamako, and drove them out of the larger cities.
  — W.b., The Economist, 3 July 2019
• Areas from about Woodburn southward haven’t seen much yet.
  — oregonlive, 9 June 2023
• Within a day, the whales had transitioned to singing during the day while making a beeline southward.
  — Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2020
• The heavier amounts are likely in areas from about the Santiam Pass southward.
  — oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2022
• The enhanced risk area stretches roughly from Tuscaloosa southward to Mobile.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 21 Mar. 2022
• Ukraine is focused on two main southward thrusts, with the aim of cutting off Russian resupply routes.
  — Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 31 July 2023
• Eddies that spin off the northern edge of the Gulf Stream trap warmer water from the south; eddies formed from the southern edge carry cool water southward.
  — Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2022
• The torrential rain was triggered by a very slow-moving front pushing southward across the region.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 3 July 2022
• Coleman says north K-Beach, which stretches from the mouth of the Kenai River southward, had nine openers this year, none of which had a full complement of gear.
  — Elizabeth Earl, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Aug. 2021
• Yakutat southward along the coast to the central Rocky Mountains and California.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2021
• Fog will be a reoccurring issue over the weekend, and cities and towns from about Salem southward may see at least some fog each morning through Sunday.
  — oregonlive, 14 Jan. 2022
• The major impacts have been observed from Matagorda southward.
  — Matt Watt, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Mar. 2021
• South of that front - essentially mark it as Twin Cities and southward - highs will be in the 70s and 80s, several degrees above average.
  — Star Tribune, 22 May 2021
• Locations from Salem southward may get even warmer Thursday.
  — oregonlive, 12 July 2023
• Although a larger British force wiped it out in a hard-fought battle, the delay to the British southward advance gave the Americans a strategic victory.
  — William Anthony Hay, WSJ, 24 May 2018
• The southward shift is taking pressure off the central part of the state, where flooding in recent storms caused severe damage and upended thousands of lives.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
• The afternoon also includes chances of thunderstorms and strong winds in areas from Salem southward.
  — oregonlive, 27 May 2022
• The caribou are also moving southward of their customary routes.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024