Sentence example with the word 'northwards'

northwards

Definition adv. in a northern direction

Last update: June 27, 2015


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A demonstration in Greece, led by the new king of Macedonia, momentarily checked the agitation, and at the diet at Corinth Alexander was recognized as captain-general ('i ye�wv atToxpaTcop) of the Hellenes against the barbarians, in the place of his father Philip. In the spring of 335 he went out from Macedonia northwards, struck across the Balkans, probably by the Shipka Pass, frustrating the mountain warfare of its tribes by a precision of discipline which, probably, no other army of the time could have approached, and traversed the land of the Triballians (Rumelia) to the Danube.   [Please select]

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France, Russia's ally, possessed IndoChina, which was growing at the expense of Siam and which might grow northwards into China.   [Please select]

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It was veering northwards every minute, and rising to the force of a hurricane.   [Please select]

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Hence it has been found possible, according to Kalm, to cultivate maize further and further northwards in America.   [Please select]

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It is somewhat wandering, but may be called a resident in the South, gradually extending northwards.   [Please select]

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It breeds from Derbyshire and northwards, but is very local; at one time it was very common on the Lancashire moors.   [Please select]

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In spring they return northwards, and repair, like Puffins, to places of habitual resort for the purpose of breeding.   [Please select]

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northward - northwards - northwest