sunwards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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The surface-water shivered; and the upper spray was swept off by the north wind, which waxed colder and more biting as we steered sunwards.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
I was so glad to leave at the end of the week, and to move out of the raw, white fog sunwards.
From The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II by Wilkins, W. H.
It should look sunwards, if possible, and hideous pictures should be removed, while perhaps some text speaking comfortably of the Good Shepherd, who "will gently lead those that are with young," may be hung up.
From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce
And who shall name the monarch who filled the throne of Britain when this vast field broke away from the main and started on its stealthy navigation sunwards?
From The Frozen Pirate by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)
Before Tintoretto’s date, however, many painters practised shadows and lights, and turned more or less sunwards; but he set the figure between himself and a full sun.
From A Father of Women and other poems by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
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