sunward
Americanadverb
adjective
adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of sunward
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Gazing sunward without eye protection can permanently damage your eyes.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
VRO may permit astronomers to fulfil a long-time dream: find a comet long before it plunges sunward for the first time in its existence.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 9, 2024
As the comet continued its sunward voyage and absorbed more energy from our star, its trailing tail of escaping gas and dust correspondingly grew.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 7, 2023
Turtles, snakes and voles stretch sunward after months of subterranean winter.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2018
Evan Winford leaned wearily against the controls of the little space sphere, and stared out of the window at the planet, Mercury, which lay a million miles sunward.
From The Space Rover by Edwin K. Sloat
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
