How to Use toward in a Sentence

toward

preposition
Definition of towardnext
Synonyms for towardnext
  • She took a step toward the door.
  • They live out towards the edge of town.
  • The bus is heading toward town.
  • We're thinking of taking a vacation towards the end of the month.
  • Efforts toward peace have been largely unsuccessful.
  • All the locks from the event will go toward the lake cleanup.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Trump heads toward the door of the judge’s chambers, stops, waits for his lawyers, then walks out of the courtroom.
    — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Hinge Back Hinge at the hips and knees to send your butt back toward your heels, keeping your palms planted on the floor.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 10 July 2023
  • Gibbs runs a route toward the middle of the field and gets behind Fred Warner.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Ukraine has reclaimed much of the land lost in the opening months and is once again pushing toward its borders.
    — WIRED, 10 July 2023
  • In 1985, Shields published On Your Own, a self-help book geared toward young women.
    — Lauren Dukoff, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • And there was no progress made toward a two-state solution.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Bobb climbed down from the cab and began walking toward the problem.
    — Dan Schwartz, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Your paddle should be angled forward, toward the nose of the board with one hand on the top T-grip of the paddle and the other a few feet down.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2023
  • One of Pawlet’s two constables moved toward Banyai, as if to escort him out.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
  • That sounds pretty dire, with the clock ticking quickly toward that date.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 17 May 2023
  • The ball ricocheted toward the seats in right center field.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • The theme park in Texas will be smaller and geared toward families with young children.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
  • Darrell ran toward the bomb site, arriving just in time to see Shea’s body pulled from the wreckage.
    — Ayelet Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Both credit unions will work toward a full systems conversion by the end of 2024.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The service had ended and people were drifting toward the doors.
    — Greg Jaffe and Patrick Marley, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Sanders came charging forward, leaped in front of Jones, made the interception and took off toward the end zone.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The 19-year-old is currently working toward joining the Marine Corps by next year.
    — Emily Trainham, Fox News, 10 July 2023
  • The only consensus is that the current march toward anarchy will grind on and civilians will bear the cost.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Overall the pace of progress toward gender parity has slowed.
    — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Riverside will pay up to $5,000 toward her legal costs of resolving the complaint.
    — Vimal Patel, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The debate between those two views could go a long way toward determining who wins the White House and control of Congress in 2024.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Spokane contributed $26 million toward the project for the Air Force and the county sheriff’s office.
    — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Marshall began to head toward the exit with the officers trailing him.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
  • There is an understandable temptation, at the first hint of spring, to rush toward the season’s offerings.
    — Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024

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