heavenwards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Now, just before he kneeled beside them, he saw a feathery yellow flame rise from the boy and ascend heavenwards.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2017
As we head east on I-70, ascending heavenwards with every mile, Patrick tells me of his writerly ambitions, and we swap war stories from the trenches of the inkwells.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 19, 2017
Mists rolled away, snowy peaks, never before scaled by human foot, of the very existence of which one never dreamt, stretched themselves heavenwards.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2013
Witness how players cross themselves and point heavenwards, or put their hands together and pray to the referee to avoid being booked or sent off.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2012
The blinding smoke rolled heavenwards in a thick heavy mass; the flying embers were carried along for miles, and the brisk north-western wind brought the destroying flame to a thousand households.
From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by George Stewart
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