headwards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Now he puts out his hands, like this, and he calls out, “This time I’m going to take a headwards dive!”
From Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
Sometimes he goes feetwards and sometimes he goes headwards and sometimes he turns a somersault in the air before he touches the water.
From Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
As the main valley deepens, the tributary stream-beds are deepened also, and gradually cut their way headwards, enlarging the area whence they draw their supplies.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
Along the banks of the trunk streams short gullies are slowly lengthening headwards, like growing twigs which are sometime to become large branches.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
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