Northward is an English word with synonyms like north or northbound. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Northward meaning
The direction or area lying to the north of a place.
Synonyms of Northward
Using Northward
- The main meaning on this page is: The direction or area lying to the north of a place.
- Useful related words include: north, northbound, due north, n.
- In the example corpus, northward often appears in combinations such as: northward to, the northward, northward from.
Context around Northward
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Northward
- In this selection, "northward" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, move, loop, surge and off stand out and add context to how "northward" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and denver northward is expected and beach and northward to aripeka. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "northward" sits close to words such as agro, apnu and appoints, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with northward
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Winds are strongest along the Washington coast, and from Whidbey Island northward. (12 words)
The maximum sustained wind speed dropped to 80mph while spreading “heavy rains” northward over the peninsula. (16 words)
A storm surge watch continues southward from that area to Bonita Beach and northward to Aripeka. (16 words)
That said, if the performance does prompt Villa to meet Boro's demands of northward of £10m then multiplying his value by almost ten in just six months is both a testament to their coaching quality and also very helpful to their financial situation. (44 words)
The National Hurricane Center in Miami forecasts that the depression will strengthen as it curves northward off the southwest Florida coast, where the water has been extremely warm, with temperatures approaching 92 degrees Fahrenheit this week. (36 words)
The red admiral butterfly, a species which migrates northward each spring, is having an explosive year in 2024, and many individuals can be seen taking advantage of the early bloom, sipping nectar from the blossoms. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Afterwards, the tropical cyclone will loop northward before turning to the northwest on Tuesday towards Luzon Strait.
Hilary is expected to plow into Mexico’s Baja peninsula on Saturday night and then surge northward and enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.
His strategy in the Carolinas had forced British General Cornwallis to move northward to Virginia, setting the stage for the final major encounter of the war.
The animals continued to venture northward from there, and the discovery of beavers in Matadero Creek last year marked a major comeback for the species in the Bay Area.
The maximum sustained wind speed dropped to 80mph while spreading “heavy rains” northward over the peninsula.
The southern Front Range and Palmer Divide is forecast to get anywhere from three to eight inches of snow, and Denver northward is expected to receive from one to three inches of snowfall.
The wet weather, however, is forecasted to be accompanied by possible lightning and wind gusts northward up to 50 kilometres per hour.
Winds are strongest along the Washington coast, and from Whidbey Island northward.
As the system advances northward it will bring even more moisture over and across Louisiana, hence the flood watches and risk of excessive rainfall once again for today.
A storm surge watch continues southward from that area to Bonita Beach and northward to Aripeka.
A weak elongated ridge in the northern offshore waters will move northward as high pressure redevelops north of the state this weekend.
If unstable air is able to get pulled northward into our area, this could become a serious risk and doesn’t need to be ignored.
In the 18 years since Katrina, Louisiana’s southernmost territories had started to hollow out, steadily accelerating their quiet migration northward as Louisianans fled their coast.
Some look to the sky for skeins of geese and ducks heading northward or warblers and bluebirds returning to their breeding grounds.
That said, if the performance does prompt Villa to meet Boro's demands of northward of £10m then multiplying his value by almost ten in just six months is both a testament to their coaching quality and also very helpful to their financial situation.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami forecasts that the depression will strengthen as it curves northward off the southwest Florida coast, where the water has been extremely warm, with temperatures approaching 92 degrees Fahrenheit this week.
The red admiral butterfly, a species which migrates northward each spring, is having an explosive year in 2024, and many individuals can be seen taking advantage of the early bloom, sipping nectar from the blossoms.
While shares moving northward are typically celebrated, for Galiano, a fear may exist of holding the bag.
At that time, Greece was at the forefront of urging open borders for the EU and finding room for the millions of migrants flooding northward.
Boris Johnson plans to make a speech that night to mark the occasion after holding a special Cabinet session in the north of England to emphasize his government’s plan to spread opportunity northward.
Common combinations with northward
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- northward to 16×
- the northward 12×
- northward from 9×
- northward and 6×
- move northward 6×
- northward into 6×
- northward as 5×
- northward through 5×
- northward over 4×
- northward equinox 4×