Example sentences for: northward

How can you use “northward” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Indeed, responses by species to such change, via phenological shifts and northward movement of species range margins, are well documented for northern hemisphere species (Parmesan and Yohe 2003).

  • Set against the evidence of moderation in Iran, the Taliban's advance in Afghanistan has generated alarm, particularly among ex-Soviet Central Asian governments, who fear the spread of Islamic fundamentalism northward.

  • Farther south, angry Canadian fishermen blockaded an Alaskan ferry to protest their low catch of sockeye, which, they say, have been impelled northward to the colder Alaskan waters by unknown factors (global warming?)

  • Despite the dramatic persecution under Nero in the first century a.d. , Christianity spread from Rome through southern Italy, then continued northward.

  • Continue northward along Tremont Street to the squat, granite King’s Chapel (summer Monday, Thursday– Saturday 9am–4pm; winter Saturday only 9am–4pm).


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