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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.


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