Explore Towards through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Towards meaning
Alternative form of toward.
Using Towards
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of toward.
- In the example corpus, towards often appears in combinations such as: towards the, and towards, towards her.
Context around Towards
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Towards
- In this selection, "towards" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, attitude, behaved, indeed, hope, faith and truth stand out and add context to how "towards" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and indeed towards my party, media behaved towards me towards, attitude towards, heading towards and shifted towards. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "towards" sits close to words such as response, weekend and self, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with towards
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Devi's actions towards Margot are identical to her actions towards Aneesa. (12 words)
Art is a step not only towards self-knowledge but also towards helping others. (14 words)
It is better to run towards hope, towards faith, towards truth, and towards becoming better. (15 words)
He also blamed the media for his electoral disaster, thanking his wife this morning "for all that she puts up with because of the way in which the media behaved towards me, towards her and indeed towards my party during this election campaign". (43 words)
By the end of the year, that movement towards peace, towards equity, towards justice will gain in strength it will give Zambians the confidence that they can be masters of their destiny and that Zambia can be a better society. (40 words)
Earlier, Corbyn thanked his sons before thanking his wife "for all that she puts up with because of the way in which the media behaved towards me, towards her and indeed towards my party during this election campaign". (38 words)
Bleich added that “as Putin says that he loves Jews so much, I have a question: if you love Jews, why have this attitude towards rabbis and towards the community? (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is better to run towards hope, towards faith, towards truth, and towards becoming better.
The traffic coming from Wipro junction towards Kokapet junction will be diverted at T-Grill – towards Myscape road – Veda IIT – Towards Narsingi Nanakramguda service road – My Home Avatar Left turn – Kokapet village.
By the end of the year, that movement towards peace, towards equity, towards justice will gain in strength it will give Zambians the confidence that they can be masters of their destiny and that Zambia can be a better society.
Earlier, Corbyn thanked his sons before thanking his wife "for all that she puts up with because of the way in which the media behaved towards me, towards her and indeed towards my party during this election campaign".
He also blamed the media for his electoral disaster, thanking his wife this morning "for all that she puts up with because of the way in which the media behaved towards me, towards her and indeed towards my party during this election campaign".
As it moves towards Earth its light appears shifted towards the blue part of the spectrum and, as it moves away, it appears shifted towards the red.
The attitude towards those who needed affordable housing, the attitude towards poor people, towards those who would live in council estates.
Improper conduct towards one's wife or children, as well as harshness or too great indulgence towards children, and disobedience of the latter towards their parents.
After trying and failing to pick him off with a variety of bumpers, Siraj finally got his man with one that climbed towards his hip and flicked a glove as Head tried to whip towards square-leg.
And I saw an interview with Larry Summers recently, and he said he thinks it's going to be relatively more towards the Fed than towards the market.
Art is a step not only towards self-knowledge but also towards helping others.
Bleich added that “as Putin says that he loves Jews so much, I have a question: if you love Jews, why have this attitude towards rabbis and towards the community?
But when one of the Good Samaritans ran towards the Commodore, a man emerged from the bushes at the side of the road, pointing a gun towards the occupants of the Triton.
Concurrent with the shift towards OTT, the company has been transitioning its video products from proprietary hardware-based solutions towards software-based solutions and a SaaS delivery model.
Devi's actions towards Margot are identical to her actions towards Aneesa.
Furthermore, it also provided an opportunity for young minds to clear their queries and doubts towards safe blood donation, and also built an insight and understanding towards the health benefits related with blood donation.
Further potential expansions include south of the city towards Bray in Co Wicklow, east towards Poolbeg, and west to Lucan near the Kildare border.
However, his attitude towards Miles borders on villainous, especially towards the end of the film.
However, it concluded that it could help towards meeting national energy targets and a transition towards net zero.
Instead of cash from the 10p bag charge going towards good causes, the former Scottish community safety minister wants to see half of the money raised put towards the establishment of a new energy firm.
Phrases with towards
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with towards
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: