8 sentences with 'westward'
Example sentences and phrases with the word westward and other words derived from it.
• « Cyrus II was followed by his son Cambyses II. Cambyses II led the Persian armies westward, conquering both the rich Phoenician cities of the eastern Mediterranean coast and Egypt. »
• « The British made steady progress moving westward from Mesopotamia, while supporting an Arab nationalist insurgency against the Ottomans from within the Ottoman borders. By 1917 Ottoman forces were in disarray and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire seemed almost certain. »
• « Secondary currents transport the superheated water poleward and westward, interacting in the formation of microclimates that affect weather conditions around the globe, but the most pressing concern is its influence on the ecosystem and its influence on increasing the rate of carbon dioxide accumulation in the atmosphere as it influences the organic carbon cycle. »
• « This westward movement brought the settlers into conflict as never before with Indian tribes such as the Shawnee, Seneca-Cayuga, Wyandot and Delaware, who increasingly stood firm against any further intrusion by white settlers. »
• « British settlers hoping to move west after the war chafed at this restriction, believing that the war had been fought and won to secure the right to settle in the west. The Proclamation Line, therefore, was a setback to their vision of westward expansion. »
• « In 1765, the British Parliament went beyond the efforts of the previous two years to better regulate westward expansion and trade by implementing the Stamp Act. »
• « Tribes in the Ohio River Valley, such as the Shawnee, Miami and Mungo, had been fighting westward colonial expansion for years; these groups supported the British. »
• « The borders between the United States and British Canada were maintained as before the war, a welcome outcome for those in the United States who feared a rupture in the country's otherwise steady westward expansion. »