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Meanings of skyward in English

Spanish
hacia el cielo

Toward the sky.

hacia el cielo

Directed toward heaven or the sky.

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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 skyward in English
1
Toward the top right, the towers reach skyward in a canyon-like area.
Wired
2
Seconds passed amid brutal shaking as the rocket clawed its way skyward.
Existence
3
Off in the east a reddish streak spread skyward into somber gray.
North of Fifty-Three
4
Funny Face, lost in ecstasy would gaze skyward after the departing marvel.
The Land of Footprints
5
Before he could think they were out in mid-air and ascending skyward.
The Blind Spot
6
Before starting out Harriet raised the rifle with the muzzle pointing skyward.
The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills; Or, The Missing Pilot of th...
7
Washington Monument, like a finger pointing skyward, was fading in the distance.
Honey-Sweet
8
As the bike cruised along the otherwise empty road he glanced skyward.
Star trek movie tie-in
9
I looked skyward in hopes of seeing reassuring signs of aircraft contrails.
Kill bin laden: a delta force commander's account of the hunt fo...
10
On the walk he looked skyward, trying to make out the sun.
The Street That Wasn't There
11
Normally that would mean I'd been looking skyward, except I hadn't been.
Coyote dreams
12
Rodgers, not for the first or last time, looked skyward in disbelief.
The Guardian
13
Meanwhile, the clubs' debts to players and the tax authorities grow skyward.
The Guardian
14
He looked skyward, as if discovering the rain for the first time.
Running with the Demon
15
Through the lens he saw a column of black vapor rising skyward.
Five Thousand Miles Underground; Or, the Mystery of the Centre o...
16
As he gazed skyward, his breath came deeply as in a sob.
Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
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Skyward through the time
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