How do you use Leftward in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Leftward meaning
To or from the left.
Using Leftward
- The main meaning on this page is: To or from the left.
- In the example corpus, leftward often appears in combinations such as: leftward shift, the leftward, leftward lurch.
Context around Leftward
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Leftward
- In this selection, "leftward" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, moved, heavy, dizzying, lurch, march and mind stand out and add context to how "leftward" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dizzying leftward direction and a heavy leftward lean creating. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "leftward" sits close to words such as ablation, abure and abvp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with leftward
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Does Tucker Carlson’s departure signal a leftward march? (9 words)
Democrats traditionally consisted of Blue Dog conservatives and stopped leftward with classical liberals. (13 words)
Besides his record on immigration, Trump has moved leftward during the 2024 Republican primaries. (14 words)
I’ve always been fond of his manner of speaking; however, as time passed, in my view, the Democratic Party zeitgeist platform has moved too far left – like a carpet being pulled underfoot in quite a dizzying leftward direction. (39 words)
Front-runner Keir Starmer is seeking to get past Jeremy Corbyn and return the party to the early glory days of Tony Blair, but whoever the winner is will have to reckon with the party’s hard turn leftward. (39 words)
If gun ownership loses popular appeal as a salient personal identity – because it becomes socially discouraged or simply goes out of style – one of the major impediments to leftward policy change will become less formidable. (35 words)
Are political leftists merely marching in lockstep with the leftward mind of Satan the devil? (15 words)
Does Tucker Carlson’s departure signal a leftward march? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
Are political leftists merely marching in lockstep with the leftward mind of Satan the devil?
Does Tucker Carlson’s departure signal a leftward march?
If gun ownership loses popular appeal as a salient personal identity – because it becomes socially discouraged or simply goes out of style – one of the major impediments to leftward policy change will become less formidable.
They imagined putting such a system in a superposition, akin to a musician simultaneously flicking a quantum metronome rightward and leftward.
Besides his record on immigration, Trump has moved leftward during the 2024 Republican primaries.
Brey said her previous workplace, Civic Media, showed a heavy leftward-lean — creating a liberal echo chamber.
I’ve always been fond of his manner of speaking; however, as time passed, in my view, the Democratic Party zeitgeist platform has moved too far left – like a carpet being pulled underfoot in quite a dizzying leftward direction.
Arizona’s leftward shift in recent elections is the result of an increasingly diverse electorate that’s turned away from President Donald Trump and Republican candidates like McSally who have aligned themselves with him.
As the democratic party maintains burgeoning progressive factions, which have certainly pulled Biden and most of the party leftward, counteracting his moderate stances with a staunch liberal was not surprising.
Democrats traditionally consisted of Blue Dog conservatives and stopped leftward with classical liberals.
Front-runner Keir Starmer is seeking to get past Jeremy Corbyn and return the party to the early glory days of Tony Blair, but whoever the winner is will have to reckon with the party’s hard turn leftward.
He became Germany’s most famous and influential intellectual, and as such played an important role in Germany’s gradual but steady move leftward, both economically and culturally.
Still, Newsom’s appointee is expected to be more liberal than Chin and will likely tilt the court leftward.
The Yamina party has come straight out and declared they’re going to go sit in the opposition, if Netanyahu shifts his government leftward.
But Democrats who know the region best are warning against overconfidence and suggesting the leftward lurch from some candidates could alienate the region’s working-class voters.
Congresswoman Omar is the result of the great leftward march of anti-Semitism over many decades.
Moving back to pass, he made a leftward move and ran farther away from the line of scrimmage while a pair of Cardinals continued the pursuit.
The Conservative Party – wildly unpopular due to its leader, its inability to deliver Brexit, and its increasingly leftward drift – finished 3rd in the poll.
The evermore extreme leftward lurch of the current crop of Democrat presidential hopefuls attests to this.
Those who would resist this leftward lurch can’t afford to be blithe about it.
Common combinations with leftward
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: