sunwards

sunward

/ (ˈsʌnwədz) /

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adverb

towards the sun

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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.

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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 Melville
Spring 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 Curry
In a V-shaped entry to the left, and sunwards, lay an azure and lazy tongue of the sea.
The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920|Various
A grasshopper's leap sunwards—that is what we signify by this word "faith."
Robert Browning|Edward Dowden