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heavenwards

/ ˈhɛvənwədz /

adverb

  1. towards heaven or the sky

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“A tower is like a finger pointing heavenwards, reminding men of their supernatural destiny and forbidding them to be so engrossed in the pleasures and cares of earth as to forget their only true home.”

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Now, just before he kneeled beside them, he saw a feathery yellow flame rise from the boy and ascend heavenwards.

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It’s not – cue wry remark, halo, eyebrow, now trademark look heavenwards – but it is for the show.

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Even in Bristol, where St Mary Redcliffe church has been unrivalled in its heavenwards reach for more than six centuries, there are plans for a 22-storey residential tower that would come close.

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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.

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