heavenwards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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It’s not – cue wry remark, halo, eyebrow, now trademark look heavenwards – but it is for the show.
From The Guardian • May 24, 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
Squire Fambrough raised his eyes heavenwards and allowed both his heavy hands to drop helplessly by his side.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various
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