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Example sentences for "westwardly"

Lexicographically close words:
westers; westing; westlin; westmost; westward; westwards; wet; wete; weten; weth
  1. For when the Westwardly Winds blow, then it rains on the West side of the Island: and that is the season for them to till their grounds.

  2. A glance at the map of the United States shows what an interesting place St. Louis is destined to become, when the white population has spread itself more westwardly from the Mississippi, and up along the Missouri river.

  3. It then took a westwardly direction down Main Street, destroying all the houses to within two doors of the Bank of Louisville.

  4. It began on Centre Street just in the rear of the First Presbyterian church, and extended Westwardly half way to Seventh Street.

  5. Between the streams is a low rich prairie extending from their confluence eighteen miles westwardly to the bordering hills, where it is five and a half miles wide.

  6. The view westwardly was one of groves and prairies of most inviting agricultural promise.

  7. There is a vast sphagnous formation, which spreads westwardly from the head of the Coteau Portage, and gives rise to the remote tributaries of Milles lac and Rum River.

  8. The hilly and mountainous country commences immediately west of the Mississippi bottoms, and extends westwardly about four hundred miles.

  9. Thence successive migratory groups appear to have passed westwardly and southerly.

  10. Teutonic tribes began to assert themselves, probably in the north of the present Germany, and to press south-westwardly upon Celtic neighbours on both sides of the Rhine.

  11. The chief of these streams is Humboldt River, which rises in the mountains west of the Great Salt Lake, and runs westwardly along the northern side of the Basin towards the Sierra Nevada of California.

  12. Sonora bounds eastwardly on Chihuahua and New Mexico; southwardly on Sinaloa; and westwardly on the Gulf of California for 238 leagues between the mouths of the Mayo and the Colorado.

  13. On the northwestward by the Bay of Chaleur to the river Ristigouche, and westwardly by a continuation of the western boundary line of Westmorland.

  14. Westwardly by a North line from Point Lepreau.

  15. Encamped on a small brook running westwardly towards the Saptin.

  16. Looking across this sanded arena westwardly still, there is a pedestal of marble supporting three low conical pillars of gray stone, much carven.

  17. Surprised to see them flowing in a westwardly direction, on his return to Winchester he made known the fact, and that the country abounded very much with different kinds of Game.

  18. Settlements were soon after extended westwardly across the Shenandoah, and early in the eighteenth century Winchester became a trading post, with sparse improvements in its vicinity.

  19. The three travellers, looking westwardly in the direction of Alpherat, saw a brilliant object rapidly approaching them.

  20. The first extends westwardly from the pole to the 84th parallel; the second, on the southeastern border, starting from the pole, reaches the neighborhood of the 65th.

  21. At noon he and Don Prospero again ascend to the summit of the pass, and scan the table plain above--to observe nothing upon it, either westwardly or in any other direction.

  22. Beyond Churubusco the highway leads straight to the gate of San Antonio Abad, whence a work had been thrown north-westwardly towards the citadel.

  23. Going westwardly from the Ohio State line, in Indiana, the first tavern was that of James Neal, at Sycamore Valley.

  24. At the time of this occurrence David Gordon was also driving out westwardly from Washington.


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