westering
moving or shifting toward the west: the westering sun; a westering wind.
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How to use westering in a sentence
The reeds have a golden belt where the rise and fall of the water has left its yellow mark, shining brightly in the westering sun.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.Then she sat with her eyes fixed on the distant islands, haze-purple in the light of the westering sun.
The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere StacpooleThe westering sun began lengthening the shadows on the Inyan-kara, and with the cool of evening his strength began to revive.
The Way of an Indian | Frederic RemingtonLight curtains are drawn between the columns on the north and east to soften the westering sun.
Caesar and Cleopatra | George Bernard ShawThese were but the outward and visible symbols of his westering tendencies.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for westering
/ (ˈwɛstərɪŋ) /
poetic moving towards the west: the westering star
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