Examples of skyward in a Sentence
Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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Every few minutes, when the booming sound of fighter jets could be heard, or rather felt, many craned their necks and looked skyward.
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
The other was a tearing beauty, a creature so lovely that one look at her sent young men’s blood pressure skyward and set them to uttering wild, hoarse cries and tearing telephone directories apart with the bare hands.
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John Madson,
Outdoor Life,
1 July 2026
The Netherlands' Micky van de Ven got his boot on the ball cleanly in the 43rd minute and tried to shoot it high over the head of Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, but Bounou got a glove on it, sending it skyward.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Today’s reality differs starkly from the city’s hopes of a residential hub that would have reached skyward.
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George Avalos,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
The other was a tearing beauty, a creature so lovely that one look at her sent young men’s blood pressure skyward and set them to uttering wild, hoarse cries and tearing telephone directories apart with the bare hands.
—
John Madson,
Outdoor Life,
1 July 2026
The Netherlands' Micky van de Ven got his boot on the ball cleanly in the 43rd minute and tried to shoot it high over the head of Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, but Bounou got a glove on it, sending it skyward.
—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Today’s reality differs starkly from the city’s hopes of a residential hub that would have reached skyward.
—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for skyward
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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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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