sunwards
sunward
/ (ˈsʌnwədz) /
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adverb
towards the sun
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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Words nearby sunwards
suntrap, sunup, Sun Valley, sun visor, sunward, sunwards, sun wheel, sunwise, Sunyata, Sun Yat-sen, suo jure
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How to use sunwards in a sentence
Nor has this thy whale sunwards turned his dying head, and then gone round again, without a lesson to me.
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman MelvilleSpring had come again, and south-lying snow-drifts on the Cascade Mountains once more felt that the "earth was wheeling sunwards."
Children's Literature|Charles Madison CurryIn a V-shaped entry to the left, and sunwards, lay an azure and lazy tongue of the sea.
A grasshopper's leap sunwards—that is what we signify by this word "faith."
Robert Browning|Edward Dowden