Examples of skyward in a Sentence
Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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The Southwest flight was just inches from the ground when the pilots throttled up and climbed skyward to avoid the business jet.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
Denny's is the latest nationwide restaurant chain to announce surcharges for meals that include eggs in response to a nationwide shortage that has sent U.S. prices skyward.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2025
That's especially true compared to huge swings when COVID crushed demand in 2020 and then Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine sent prices skyward (check out the chart above).
—Ben Geman, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
Image Image Investigators determined that the accident was caused by the failure of a rubber seal, known as an O-ring, on one of two booster rockets, which were attached to the shuttle like a jetpack to propel it skyward.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
Denny's is the latest nationwide restaurant chain to announce surcharges for meals that include eggs in response to a nationwide shortage that has sent U.S. prices skyward.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2025
That's especially true compared to huge swings when COVID crushed demand in 2020 and then Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine sent prices skyward (check out the chart above).
—Ben Geman, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
Image Image Investigators determined that the accident was caused by the failure of a rubber seal, known as an O-ring, on one of two booster rockets, which were attached to the shuttle like a jetpack to propel it skyward.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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skyward
adverb
sky·ward
ˈskī-wərd 
1
: toward the sky
gaze skyward
2
: to a higher level
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