How do you use Westwards in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like westward, plus the exact meaning.
Westwards meaning
westward, towards the west
Synonyms of Westwards
Using Westwards
- The main meaning on this page is: westward, towards the west
- Useful related words include: westward.
- In the example corpus, westwards often appears in combinations such as: westwards to, westwards across, westwards for.
Context around Westwards
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 16 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Westwards
- In this selection, "westwards" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, north, south, strip, across, south and isolating stand out and add context to how "westwards" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and north westwards to its and balkans intruding westwards into the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "westwards" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with westwards
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Both were westwards focused. (4 words)
The golden sandy stretch extends westwards to Sandbanks in Poole. (10 words)
Light to moderate winds, freshening at times, will blow dust, especially westwards. (12 words)
Herts County Council is intending to make an order to prohibit vehicles from using Nightingale Road, Rickmansworth from its junction with A412 Uxbridge Road north westwards for a distance of approximately 50m, except for access, to replace a gas main. (40 words)
The county council is intending to make an order to temporarily close The Green, Croxley Green, from its junction with New Road south westwards for a distance of approximately 29m to allow gas works to be carried out. (38 words)
During the dry season the water level drops to a trickle; hence its nickname, the East Dry River.) Port of Spain was now able to continue spreading northwards and westwards, encroaching on the surrounding sugar-cane plantations. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
It will prohibit all vehicles from using Hagden Lane from its junction with Benskin Road north-westwards, south-westwards and north-westwards to its junction with Belgrave Avenue, a distance of approximately 336m.
As well as pushing down from the north, Israeli forces also cut across the Gaza Strip westwards, isolating Gaza City from the south.
During this cycle, the strength of trade winds that blow westwards across the Pacific can strengthen or weaken, causing more or less cold water to upwell and flow along the equator.
Both were westwards focused.
Herts County Council is intending to make an order to prohibit vehicles from using Nightingale Road, Rickmansworth from its junction with A412 Uxbridge Road north westwards for a distance of approximately 50m, except for access, to replace a gas main.
He said the tropical low would continue to track westwards over the weekend, bringing widespread moderate to heavy falls in the Northern Territory and Queensland.
The county council is intending to make an order to temporarily close The Green, Croxley Green, from its junction with New Road south westwards for a distance of approximately 29m to allow gas works to be carried out.
The deep depression is likely to move nearly westwards across north Madhya Pradesh and adjoining south Uttar Pradesh and weaken gradually into a depression during the next 12 hours.
The golden sandy stretch extends westwards to Sandbanks in Poole.
Consequently, the Americans began expanding westwards, bringing more states under the republic’s umbrella.
Light to moderate winds, freshening at times, will blow dust, especially westwards.
Two hapless teenaged Corkonians venture westwards, for 160km, on stolen bicycles, in search of a missing bale of cocaine.
Near the town of Qamishli, an AFP correspondent saw armoured cars flying Russian flags head westwards from a regime-held base on a third day of patrols.
Sooner or later, a President Alexei Navalny or someone like him will look westwards once again.
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.
As Fox was held prisoner at Launceston, Nayler moved south-westwards towards Launceston intending to meet Fox and heal any rift.
Because the mountainous region is mostly on the eastern part of the peninsula, the main rivers tend to flow westwards.
By the end of July the Whites had extended their gains westwards, capturing Ekaterinburg on 26 July 1918.
Due to population migrations, Shtokavian became the most widespread in the western Balkans, intruding westwards into the area previously occupied by Chakavian and Kajkavian (which further blend into Slovenian in the northwest).
During the dry season the water level drops to a trickle; hence its nickname, the East Dry River.) Port of Spain was now able to continue spreading northwards and westwards, encroaching on the surrounding sugar-cane plantations.
Common combinations with westwards
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: