cityward
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of cityward
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at city, -ward
Example Sentences
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He stopped the first car which came along, headed cityward.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes he opens the outer door, and thrusts his head half out to gaze along the thoroughfare cityward.
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch
Yesterday, however, I learned that two men had boarded a freight train bound cityward, at daybreak, Sunday morning, at Blair, a little watering station, some fifteen miles from here.
From The Diamond Coterie by Lawrence L. Lynch
While we were cutting loose from the carriage, I fancied I heard a bugle-call in the direction cityward.
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Mayne Reid
By it a horse-car jangled, one way only, cityward, at intervals of twelve minutes.
From Hints to Pilgrims by Charles Stephen Brooks
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