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.

  • From Peak Viewing Pavilion, the highest point in the Stone Forest, there’s a comprehensive view of this great thicket of jagged rocks thrusting skyward.

  • 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.

  • Its 14 Corinthian columns rise skyward from a platform that was in use as recently as the 19th century as a slaughterhouse.

  • I was delighted to discover skyward prongs in the ledges of the Basilico San Marco in Venice, designed to prevent pigeons from alighting there.


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