Examples of skyward in a Sentence
Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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One of those walls, a massive glass awning-style window, lifts skyward to erase the boundary between indoors and out, revealing a sprawling terrace that feels suspended above the city.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
Fumes shot skyward, along with red clay dirt caught in the spewing gas, Charlotte Observer news parter WSOC reported.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2025
The jagged summit of Crestone Peak, Colorado’s seventh-highest mountain, looks like a camel’s back, with two rocky pinnacles jutting skyward from the Sangre de Cristo range.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
The crowd looked skyward as a military helicopter approached from Gaza, briefly diverting from its route to Ichilov Hospital to circle the square in a symbolic salute.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
Fumes shot skyward, along with red clay dirt caught in the spewing gas, Charlotte Observer news parter WSOC reported.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2025
The jagged summit of Crestone Peak, Colorado’s seventh-highest mountain, looks like a camel’s back, with two rocky pinnacles jutting skyward from the Sangre de Cristo range.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
The crowd looked skyward as a military helicopter approached from Gaza, briefly diverting from its route to Ichilov Hospital to circle the square in a symbolic salute.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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skyward
adverb
sky·ward
ˈskī-wərd 
1
: toward the sky
gaze skyward
2
: to a higher level
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