Example sentences for: skyward

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

  • John Simon describes Chenoweth's performance as "perfection" and says that after the show he wanted "to wrap her in tissue paper and take her home" ( New York ); Ben Brantley describes her performance as "one of those break-out performances that send careers skyward" (the New York Times ). Some critics say several of the actors aren't up to portraying children but that those who succeed make the whole show worthwhile.

  • (The roof of E.F.'s church features a neon arrow pointing skyward and the words "One Way Road to Heaven."

  • Here, sugar cane as high as three men grows in abundance, trucks trundle around with monster bundles of the stuff, and chimneys of sugar-cane factories poke skyward like cathedral towers.

  • But she's heavy-spirited, and it isn't long before she runs out of invention and starts pulling goofy faces--like the one where she sucks a drink through a straw and rolls her eyes skyward like a distracted 5-year-old.

  • The massive figure’s right hand points skyward — toward the actual point of detonation — as a warning of the constant threat of nuclear weapons, while his left hand stretches out in a gesture of universal peace.


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