westering
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of westering
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at wester 2, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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“Maybe it’s the classic American westering – keep moving west, keep moving west. This is as far as it goes. This is the edge.”
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2020
The westering sun, shining through old-fashioned green window shades, filled the office on the second floor of Ottawa's East Block with tawny light.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Sappho has many a sister in these westering years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wyoming has been a favorite haunt of paleontologists for the past century, ever since westering pioneers reported that many vertebrate fossils were almost lying on the ground.
From Time Magazine Archive
The clouds were torn and drifting, and stars peeped out; and above the hills of the Coomb-side the westering moon rode, glimmering yellow in the storm-wrack.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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