How to Use northward in a Sentence

northward

1 of 2 adverb or adjective
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  • The two lows will squeeze warmer air northward in the form of a high pressure ridge.
    — oregonlive, 11 May 2023
  • Most of the Amazon’s water gushes northward, the shortest route to the sea.
    — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
  • The latest track shows Lee beginning to make a turn northward at the end of the period.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • As the night advances, follow the Milky Way northward from Deneb to a small group of stars that resemble the letter W.
    — Geoff Chester, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The bulk of the rain will fall from about Salem northward into southwest Washington.
    — oregonlive, 26 May 2022
  • Overnight, those storms should move northward and keep up a chance of more widespread showers across the mountains.
    — oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Morning clouds could be heavy again Friday as the system along the coast weakens and lifts northward.
    — oregonlive, 7 July 2022
  • And the eastern part of the state could get a little rain as Ian moves northward toward Georgia and the Carolinas.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 28 Sep. 2022
  • But rapid rates of climatic change mean that trees likely can’t move northward at a pace that keeps up with their loss in the south.
    — David J. Cooper, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Behind them, a barrage of rockets, fired on the edge of a field just north of Beit Lahia, Gaza, are seen flying northward.
    — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The leading edge of the warm and humid stuff is going to try to move northward during Thursday night and Friday.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • In the months leading up to a summer solstice, the sun’s rays shift northward from the equator as Earth’s North Pole tilts further toward the sun.
    — Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 20 June 2022
  • The front will lift northward Friday and spread a swath of moderate to heavy snow from northern Illinois to the New England coast.
    — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Danielle is forecast to track slowly northward today and maybe pick up some speed and turn more to the northeast starting tonight.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Costa Rica northward to the border of Nicaragua and Honduras.
    — Roger Simmons, Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2022
  • Saturday will be the start of a quick heat up as high pressure builds back into the region and brings heat northward from the desert southwest.
    — oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The threat will shift northward on Sunday to include portions of Idaho and Wyoming in addition to Utah.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Forces moving northward from there have stopped around 75 miles to the northwest in a town called Velyka Novosilka.
    — Washington Post, 5 May 2022
  • Researchers report that the bacteria and infections spread northward up the East Coast at about 30 miles a year.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The weather service is expecting a warm front to move northward from the Gulf Coast and spread warmer, moist air over Alabama.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But the flows northward continue at a pace that has been mind-rattling for many Americans.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The weather service will also be watching the progress of a front that could stall out over Alabama and then lift back northward as a warm front.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 27 June 2022
  • Meanwhile low, warm, humid air streams northward from the Gulf of Mexico.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 11 May 2023
  • On Tuesday, an area of low pressure was moving in off the coast, acting to help funnel the extreme heat northward into the UK.
    — Angela Dewan, CNN, 19 July 2022
  • Another three people died in Cuba earlier in the week as the storm churned northward.
    — Meg Kinnard, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Forecasters will be watching for a warm front to move northward from the Gulf as a cold front advances toward Alabama from the west.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 11 Dec. 2022
  • And that has prompted the lobster population to shift northward.
    — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2022
  • As the storm climbs northward along the Southeast coast Sunday, rain will increase in coverage and intensity through the day.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Ian is expected to make landfall along the west or southwest coast of Florida and then track northward across much of the peninsula.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The storm is located about 485 miles south of Bermuda, moving northward at about 6 mph, and is on track to pass to the southeast of Bermuda by Friday morning.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
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northward

2 of 2 noun
  • Moreover, the city is hemmed in by the sea from three sides and can only grow northwards.
    — Anuj Puri, Quartz India, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Dumas won the Cincinnati precincts and cut a swath through the middle of the county northward.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2020
  • While oranges in the counties to the northward were damaged to some extent by the late cold spell.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The heat wave that has impacted Texas for well over a week is set to expand northward and eastward.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 28 June 2023
  • Areas from about Salem northward could see drizzle or light rain through the evening commute.
    — oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2022
  • In La Nina years, colder waters in the Pacific Ocean push the jet stream northward.
    — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Gusts of 40 50 mph are a good bet, and perhaps higher, especially from the city northward.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Cristobal is expected to continue on a path northward over the next few days.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 6 June 2020
  • Tomorrow night: The front doesn’t make much headway northward and starts coming back our way overnight.
    — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2020
  • The probe's 53-day polar orbit was set up to slowly move the point of closest approach northward as the flight progresses.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 8 June 2021
  • In this scenario, the storm tracks inland from the Carolinas northward and passes somewhere between the Bay and the District.
    — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Much of the rain is aimed as southern Oregon, but the valleys from Eugene northward could still see about a quarter inch from this system.
    — oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Rivers normally flow into the Gulf, but Laura's strong winds blew the top layer of water northward, away from the Gulf, instead.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The hurricane center said Nicole moved a bit farther north than expected overnight and nudged the storm’s forecast path northward as well over the next two to three days.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Best odds for showers and storms are generally D.C. area and northward.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • However, the intense cold front forced the jet stream and high altitude steering currents to dip south and may have scooped the balloon northward.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
  • These cold waters in the Pacific push the jet stream northward, which affects weather patterns in the U.S and globally.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 20 July 2021
  • As shown below, a wavy jet stream can catapult warm air northward into the Arctic and drive cold air far southward.
    — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2020
  • By Wednesday the low-pressure system will push a warm front northward and leave drier weather behind for the Northeast.
    — Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN, 12 July 2021
  • After a brief pause at that line on the solstice, the sun appears to reverse direction and begins its journey northward.
    — Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The rocket was moved off the launchpad to protect it, as Ian wrought destruction along its path northward from Florida to the Carolinas.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The high acts as a force field of sorts, diverting the jet stream northward and deflecting any inclement weather into Canada.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2022
  • Nonetheless, Roland said, the beetles’ northward creep in recent years over the broad, higher-elevation area known as Broad Pass was a bit of a surprise to him.
    — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • There was only the slightest northward-flowing current.
    — John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The Wisconsin portion of that forecast region runs roughly along a line from Appleton to Eau Claire and northward.
    — Joe Taschler, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022
  • It is expected to develop stronger winds and track northward today.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 20 May 2021
  • The current circling Antarctica is deflected to its left, or northward, pushing the surface waters away from the pole.
    — Anil Ananthaswamy, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Now Brazil, which has buried more coronavirus victims than any country but the United States, is again glancing northward at Manaus.
    — Washington Post, 23 June 2021
  • Widespread 1-2 inch totals have been tallied from near the San Francisco Bay area and northward toward the Oregon border, with some spots picking up more than that.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The influx of immigrants from Mexico in a string of northward surges beginning in the late 1970s forever altered major cities in the Southwest.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022

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