south by west
Americannoun
noun
adjective
Example Sentences
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Soon the fraying American regiments were being hounded south by west through New Jersey, and by Christmas Day King George’s troops had driven them across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
There is the Tigre fairly under way, steering south by west.
From At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
"I told him you had said southwest by south, and he made it south by west."
From The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands by Edward Stratemeyer
In our passage from Madeira to the Canary Islands we steered south by west, in order to avoid the Salvages.
From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by John B. Greene
At 1.17 p.m. made three-quarters of a mile south by west along the bank of the river.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by William Landsborough
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