sternward
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of sternward
Example Sentences
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A fifth observer is assigned the sternward zone � a roughly 90-degree vision sweep angling out from both stern corners and encompassing the trolling-lure pattern and outward to 120-plus feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Haney was saying that if the ship were to be lowered into air while rushing irresistibly sternward despite its rockets, that the rocket flames might be splashed out by the wind.
From Space Tug by Leinster, Murray
“I’m not looking for father,” responded the child, still keeping her eyes sternward.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
To go forward is to overtake space, and to go sternward is to retake space already overtaken.
From Treachery in Outer Space by Glanzman, Louis
On the chart table lay a pocket lamp, facing sternward, the light pouring upon what looked to be a map; and over it were bent three faces, one of which was Cunningham’s.
From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
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