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Example sentences for "east direction"

  • At ten miles it is joined by an arm that washes the south side of Adolphus Island, and the united streams trend together in a South-East direction, under the foot of Mount Connexion, for a considerable distance.

  • This range extends in a North by West and South by East direction, and appears to be rocky.

  • The coast thence takes a North by East direction; it is low and sandy and fronted by a sandy beach, occasionally interrupted by projecting rocky points; those parts where patches of bare sand were noticed are marked upon the chart.

  • I started in a north-east direction; and as we were accompanied by the natives, I led our bullock, by the noserope, behind my horse.

  • We started at noon to Skull Creek, which, in a straight line, was fourteen miles distant, in a north by east direction.

  • Having procured coolies and provisions, for which we have been hitherto detained, quitted Ipu in an east-north-east direction, and passed through several pepper and rice plantations.

  • Marched in a south-east direction; crossed several rivulets, and reached again the banks of Ipu river, which we crossed.

  • Marched in a north-north-east direction; passed over a steep hill which took us three hours hard walking.

  • Two high peaks stood in front of us to the south-east, the Kuh Djupahr, forming part of a long range extending in a south-east direction.

  • From this village the Sistan track descends for a few hundred yards and then proceeds in a south by south-east direction over a flat stretch with some hills.

  • The principal main transport road from the Cape Colony and Diamond-Fields runs direct to Taungs in a north-east direction to Maceby's and then north, which has by the late Convention with the Transvaal been preserved.

  • And beyond, in a north-east direction, is Mount Hexley, Maremane and Coses, a Kaffir station.

  • The high land terminated abruptly to the southward, whilst looking to the northward it appeared to subside in an East-North-East direction.

  • Ten miles in a South by East direction brought us to where the width and depth was not sufficient to induce us to proceed further.

  • Our best line of route homewards was in a north-east direction, or at rightangles to the route of Mr. Stapylton.

  • The last hill appeared alone on the horizon, in a south-south-east direction as shown in his map.

  • The materials which form the inner satellites of Jupiter and Saturn were abandoned successively after the west to east direction of rotation had become established.

  • Further contraction of the planetary masses would give rise to increasing rotational speeds in the west to east direction.

  • We passed our old camp of the 10th of June and, taking a new route thence in a north-east direction, we avoided a bad scrub, and encamped in fine open ground on the river.

  • From this camp the first day's journey homeward along our old track was parallel to the river; the second left its banks and led in a south-east direction to Rodrigo Ponds, where we had encamped on the 17th of January.

  • From here we could see the creek, winding in a south-east direction, until it reached the lake, which seemed to be about twenty-five miles off.

  • The large gum creek that we crossed winds round this hill in a north-east direction; at about ten miles it is joined by another.

  • Its lower course is uncertain, but it probably continues in a south-east direction to the districts of El Harik and Yemama when, joined by the drainage from Aflaj and the W.

  • At noon started with the party, and followed down the creek in a south-south-east direction till 4 p.

  • With some difficulty we wended our way down the intricate windings of the glen for six miles in a north-east direction, when it opened out into grassy flats, turning to the northward.

  • After starting the party we steered in a South-South-East direction towards a high range of hills, which I named Mount Bivou, about twelve miles distant.

  • Small lakes were still numerous, and for a considerable distance we followed a large stream, evidently one of the head waters of the Coppermine, here running in a south-east direction.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "east direction" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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