Explore Southwards through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like southward. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Southwards meaning
In a southerly direction; towards the south.
Synonyms of Southwards
Using Southwards
- The main meaning on this page is: In a southerly direction; towards the south.
- Useful related words include: southward.
- In the example corpus, southwards often appears in combinations such as: southwards into, southwards from, southwards and.
Context around Southwards
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Southwards
- In this selection, "southwards" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, road, heading, lines, presteigne, put and towards stand out and add context to how "southwards" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and moving southwards in search and army fled southwards with surrey. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "southwards" sits close to words such as abdicate, adapters and adores, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with southwards
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Outbreaks of showery rain sinking southwards on Friday. (8 words)
The centre of gravity of the economy moved southwards. (9 words)
The remainder of the English army fled southwards with Surrey at their head. (13 words)
Cambridge, of Southwards, Presteigne, pleaded not guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his victim on November 28, 2023; as well as attempting to cause GBH and intentionally strangling the same complainant on January 13 this year. (38 words)
United Nation disclosed that thousands of Palestinians have left northern Gaza on foot, waving white flags and moving southwards in search of refuge that has become increasingly elusive as Israel pounds the entire enclave with air strikes. (37 words)
Apart from the above-mentioned pillboxes, we know that, by mid-1942, there were elements of the 8th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, stationed from the Great Fault or the Victoria Lines southwards. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Unwin Close, west side, From its junction with Victoria Road southwards for 12m; east side, From its junction with Victoria Road southwards for 14m.
Apart from the above-mentioned pillboxes, we know that, by mid-1942, there were elements of the 8th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, stationed from the Great Fault or the Victoria Lines southwards.
United Nation disclosed that thousands of Palestinians have left northern Gaza on foot, waving white flags and moving southwards in search of refuge that has become increasingly elusive as Israel pounds the entire enclave with air strikes.
An Arctic maritime airmass that was already over northern Britain has spread southwards into the rest of the UK on Tuesday, in wake of an Atlantic low clearing into northwestern Europe.
Cambridge, of Southwards, Presteigne, pleaded not guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his victim on November 28, 2023; as well as attempting to cause GBH and intentionally strangling the same complainant on January 13 this year.
Jo Farrow, a weather expert from Netweather, added: "The occlusion from the second low will pull southwards on Friday, away from Ireland and slowly down Britain.
Outbreaks of showery rain sinking southwards on Friday.
The remainder of the English army fled southwards with Surrey at their head.
Adventurers from the Middle East and the Balkan and Mediterranean Sea countries would move southwards from the Mediterranean coast, pushing the black African people into the uninhabitable Sahara Desert.
All forms of cattle grazing routes southwards and middle belt wards shall be abolished,” the group said.
Stand in a position facing southwards, put a few black sesame seeds in water and offer them to God Yamraj.
The key aim of this approach is to challenge the Tatmadaw’s tactical dominance in the region and gradually push it southwards.
These were seven nearly parallel trails, and the team could deduce that the trackmakers had been heading southwards, towards the sea.
While countries such as will see freezing temperatures of -23C (-9F) this week, the UK will enjoy highs of 12C (53.6F) with a band of cloud travelling southwards.
During their drift southwards, the tiny fish have a slim chance of survival as the ocean teems with filter feeders and carnivorous zooplankton that thrive by gulping down small fish larvae.
The centre of gravity of the economy moved southwards.
The Nigerian equities market started the week in a loss after 36 stocks trended southwards.
Until this weakness is addressed in the party, Buhari’s government is fastly heading southwards.
After a brief sojourn at Qazvin he passed southwards to Hamadãn where Shams al-Daula, another Buwayhid emir, had established himself.
After easing of tensions between East and West Germany, starting on 30 May 1976 transit trains going westwards, southwestwards, or southwards stopped once again at station of Wannsee.
Common combinations with southwards
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: