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Meanings of heavenwards in English

Spanish
hacia el cielo

Toward heaven.

hacia el cielo
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Examples for "heavenward"
Examples for "heavenward"
1
Earth breathed heavenward her sweet-savoured smoke; we breathed homeward our longing desires.
Lilith: A Romance
2
High over sounding workshops spires glisten in the sun,-silentfingers pointing heavenward.
The Inner Life / Part 3 from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittie...
3
At the very zenith of his heavenward flight Potts was brought low.
The Boss of Little Arcady
4
The native helpers felt that he was moving heavenward faster than themselves.
Woman and Her Saviour in Persia / By a Returned Missionary
5
Here he bunched his fingers, kissed them and sent the kiss heavenward.
We Three
Usage of heavenwards in English
1
The tall old priest, with eyes lifted heavenwards, neither saw nor heard.
Taquisara
2
And I love it so myself; it seems to raise my thoughts heavenwards.
Dwell Deep; or, Hilda Thorn's Life Story
3
The Rabbinate then uplifted its eyes heavenwards, and said the grace:
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
4
The horizon was blood-red and huge clouds of smoke drifted heavenwards.
What Germany Thinks; Or, The War as Germans see it
5
The knavish fanatic closed his eyes and raised his face heavenwards.
The Rising of the Red Man / A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellio...
6
And the steeple must be slender like a finger pointing heavenwards.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
7
But through it all I never ceased to keep my eyes fixed heavenwards.
Recollections of My Youth
8
This starvation-fare may suit a saint and turn his thoughts heavenwards.
Alone
9
And then he threw his hands heavenwards with a great cry.
Desert Love
10
There is a rattle of bolts, and a dozen barrels are pointed heavenwards.
The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
11
She lay with her eyes heavenwards, and her hands put together.
The Cloister and the Hearth
12
Her hands were folded on her heart, her eyes looked heavenwards.
Olive: A Novel
13
My! She twisted her saucy nose, and rolled her eyes heavenwards.
Flaming June
14
And he threw his hands heavenwards with a great cry:
The Hawk of Egypt
15
The Jew, a dreadful scoffer, pointed heavenwards with one finger.
Fountains in the Sand: Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia
16
Oh, let thy last look be heavenwards, thy last word a word of prayer.
The Cloister and the Hearth
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