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Meanings of eastwards in English

Spanish
hacia el este

Situated or directed towards the east.

hacia el este
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Examples for "eastward"
Examples for "eastward"
1
The current will have set us far to the eastward, he thought.
The old man and the sea
2
Soon he came to the Rotator Control, frozen in the eastward position.
Time After Time
3
In Belgium, the allies had progressed about forty miles eastward from Nieuport.
America's War for Humanity
4
Then it sped eastward at the rate of fifty miles an hour.
The Candidate: A Political Romance
5
Portugal holding that to the eastward and Spain that to the westward.
The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
Usage of eastwards in English
1
It recently snapped this view eastwards across the Endeavour crater on Mars.
The Guardian
2
He is therefore gazing roughly eastwards, down the length of Phoenix Court.
The system of the world
3
Moscow believes the alliance's expansion eastwards is creating a new Iron Curtain.
Reuters
4
On the last day of October, the Italian line moved steadily eastwards.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
5
And out in the distance I- Ionlysaw a bear travelling eastwards.
A Romany of the Snows, vol. 4 / Being a Continuation of the Pers...
6
And mile after mile the party marched eastwards under the green arches.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
7
He led them to the door and pointed eastwards through the darkness.
A People's Man
8
The roar of the great city was passing from eastwards to westwards.
The Mischief-Maker
9
From Geneva we go eastwards along the northern shore of the lake.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
10
You will notice that Christianity had extended far eastwards, almost to China.
The Evolution of Modern Medicine / A Series of Lectures Delivere...
11
Still on and on swept the strange birds flying southwards and eastwards.
AE in the Irish Theosophist
12
After lunch I set out to walk eastwards along the Cornice Road.
With British Guns in Italy: A Tribute to Italian Achievement
13
From thence he went up to Dovrefield, and eastwards over the mountains.
Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
14
Far away, eastwards, beyond the hills, not twenty miles off, lay Derby.
Come Rack! Come Rope!
15
We swung round the corner eastwards, Wilson running first, brandishing the halberd-
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
16
Beyond, eastwards, stretched the salt marshes, the salt marshes riven with creeks.
The Betrayal
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