cityward
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of cityward
Example Sentences
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He stopped the first car which came along, headed cityward.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yesterday, however, I learned that two men had boarded a freight train bound cityward, at daybreak, Sunday morning, at Blair, a little watering station, some fifteen miles from here.
From The Diamond Coterie by Lynch, Lawrence L.
As I turned my face cityward that morning I was not only fully committed to the search for missing Gerald Trent, but I was determined to convert my friend and partner to the same undertaking.
From Against Odds A Detective Story by Lynch, Lawrence L.
Herein is a germ of the cityward migration: the farmer himself is looking for "something better" for his children.
From The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West by Stead, Robert J. C.
He chose a stick with care from a rack at the front door, walked to the Avenue and turned determinedly cityward, walking jauntily.
From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Nicholson, Meredith
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