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Meanings of southwards in English

Toward the south.

        Usage of southwards in English
        1
        In the year 1292 they sailed southwards from the coast of China.
        From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
        2
        In like manner we observed the Eudromias Australis, migrating southwards in May.
        Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
        3
        Perhaps the finest part of the Pineta is that to the southwards.
        A Siren
        4
        They descended southwards, to the banks of the Seine and the Marne.
        A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1
        5
        But at all events the boat steamed southwards into the Red Sea.
        The Four Feathers
        6
        A pattern of continuous variation from the Sahel area southwards was identified.
        Pubmed
        7
        On leaving it for the return to Jerusalem I proceeded due southwards.
        Byeways in Palestine
        8
        Still on and on swept the strange birds flying southwards and eastwards.
        AE in the Irish Theosophist
        9
        Elistan sought to calm the people and urge them to move southwards.
        Dragons of autumn twilight
        10
        A hansom bore the brothers southwards as fast as hansom could go.
        Demos
        11
        John of Gaunt led an army during the summer from Calais southwards.
        The History of England / From the Accession of Henry III. to the...
        12
        I read a very interesting account of their progress southwards somewhere lately.
        Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Hab...
        13
        And salmon sharks migrate from Alaska southwards to waters close to California.
        BBC
        14
        The clouds vanished southwards and the sky was opened, high and blue.
        The fellowship of the ring
        15
        South America, Africa, and Australia are drawn out into wedges narrowing southwards.
        From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
        16
        The people tromping southwards through the fog were common at best.
        The system of the world
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        Southwards through the time
        Southwards across language varieties
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