Sentence for upward | Use upward in a sentence

Upward example sentence. The sentences below are ordered by length from shorter and easier to longer and more complex. They use upward in a sentence, providing visitors a sentence for upward.

• Fists worked their way upward. (12)
• Suddenly Beauchamp glanced upward. (10)
• The light of every soul burns upward. (10)
• But the light seemed to lift her upward. (12)
• Man left to himself is on the upward lay. (8)
• Crossing himself, he strode wildly upward. (10)
• Left to himself Merthyr set step vigorously upward. (10)
• Nothing is more certain than that it will grow upward. (10)
• The tram wound and ground its upward way, and he mused. (8)
• We will begin with the cellar and proceed upward to the roof. (17)
• De Craye wound his finger spirally upward, like a smoke-wreath. (10)
• Madge felt the quivering upward of a whimper to a sob in her breast. (10)
• Niels Heinrich arose, and jerked his companion upward by the collar. (12)
• Suddenly, as Thurston was on his upward curve, the shouts all ceased. (1)
• From his bare head his long hair streamed upward, waving like a plume. (1)
• As she asked the question she turned her face about and slightly upward. (1)
• Suddenly a great bank of white smoke pushes upward from behind the wall. (1)
• He had the upward look in his eyes which prolonged suffering often brings. (8)
• Ripton tipped his comical nose upward, and was in duty bound to say, Yes! (10)
• The old man stopped; his eyes, turned upward, had a bright, suffering look. (8)
• Sir Twickenham asked, on the evident upward mounting of a sum in his brain. (10)
• He was of the middle height, but he was hewn out and squared upward massively. (9)
• Now they seemed very favourable, for they offered me an upward path to tread. (10)
• As they mount upward, he looks on her more, while she, it may be, looks above. (10)
• And this in spite of the fact that the aspiration of the press has been upward. (16)
• But she had none to reply with, and could only mutely bend upward her gentle wrist. (10)
• His eyes, looking upward out of a mass of wrinkles and hair, were still quite bright. (8)
• That know I, though the echoes of it wail, For one step upward on the crags you scale. (10)
• But had that want of knowledge ever retarded what was known as the upward growth of man? (8)
• When they rose in fright, it was like the upward leap of fire, and with the roar of flame. (9)
• She gave him one upward look, from eyes much dilated; then, catching her breath, turned away. (8)
• Contrast, that mother of melancholy, comes when they are some way advanced upon the upward scale. (10)
• The machine is a steel mould which is moved along and upward as the concrete wall is tamped in it. (17)
• Many remained standing; but while they stared upward, they were thrust aside by others behind them. (12)
• Once free of him, you will know that for half a century you have appeared bottom upward to mankind. (10)
• Mr. Dale gazed upward, with the feelings of one awakened late to see a world alive in broad daylight. (10)
• But if we thus move onward and upward by leaps and bounces, it is certainly better than not moving at all. (16)
• Schwartz and I ran to the boat, hauled it on land, and set it keel upward against a low leafy dripping branch. (10)
• The cord fell away; his arms parted and floated upward, the hands dimly seen on each side in the growing light. (1)
• The whole visage widened upward from the chin, though not very markedly before it reached the broad-lying brows. (10)
• The song of the springtime earth rose ever upward, calming and healing the man, who at last had caught its message. (13)
• We are warmer if we travel on foot sunward, but it is a discovery that we are colder if we take to ballooning upward. (10)
• The inner section of the register permits this hot air to escape upward and through the house by natural distribution. (17)
• Suddenly this enchanting landscape seemed to rise swiftly upward like the drop scene at a theatre, and vanished in a blank. (1)
• Algernon faced about, and swore an oath from his boots upward; so vehement was his disgust, and all-pervading his amazement. (10)
• Algernon faced about, and swore an oath from his boots upward; so vehement was his disgust, and all-pervading his amazement. (22)
• There was a time of silence and awful quiet; but almost immediately the blue flames, shot with orange, leaped upward once more. (13)
• The whole town was alive; the boughs, curled upward with their decking of young leaves, awaited some gift the breeze could bring. (8)
• Then, bending far forward, he leaned his chin upon his folded hands, and looked upward through his glasses as though he were listening. (12)
• But it was clearly out of the question at present, for each year the family budget went leaping upward, and the income came tagging after. (13)
• Since they saw the cathedral last it had been finished, and now under a cloudless evening sky, it soared and swept upward like a pale flame. (9)
• Payments on buildings under construction were delayed on account of the strikes; office expenses crept upward; and personal expenses mounted too. (13)
• The, path to the castle slanted upward across the shoulder of the hill, to a certain point, and there some rude stone steps mounted more directly. (9)
• This commission differs, according to the locality, ranging from 1 to 4 per cent on first mortgages, and from 5 per cent upward on second mortgages. (17)
• Immediately at the back of it, to the south, however, the ground slopes steeply upward, the acclivity broken by three terraces cut into the soft rock. (1)
• His legs, slightly parted and straight along the ground, were covered upward to the knees with a mass of debris which towered above his narrow horizon. (1)
• Everywhere the spirit of progress has smiled upon the land, and the farms, orchards, and homesteads of Canada smile upward to the clear heavens in return. (19)
• The peaked cap of the rushing rock-dotted sweeps of upward snow caught a scarlet illumination: one flank of the white in heaven was violetted wonderfully. (10)
• The much-suffering lord of Earlsfont stretched forth his open hand, palm upward, for a testifying instrument to the plain truth of his catalogue of charges. (10)
• A gilded spiral staircase with a balustrade of costly enamel leads upward within, and each window affords a carefully selected view of the southern landscape. (12)
• The life of the place had its lateral limitations; sometimes its lights failed to detect excellent things that lay beyond it; but upward it opened illimitably. (9)
• Agostino smoked his loosely-rolled cigarettes, and Vittoria sipped chocolate and looked upward to the summit of Motterone, with many thoughts and images in her mind. (10)

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Definition of upward:

• upward, up’ward, adj. directed up or to a higher place. | advs. up’ward, up’wardly, up’wards, toward a higher direction; up’ways, upward. | upward of, more than, about.(0)

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