skywards

[US]/'skaiwədz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. mod himlen, i en opadgående retning

Phrases & Collocations

look skywards

se opad

reach skywards

stræk dig opad

point skywards

peg opad

gaze skywards

stir opad

fly skywards

fly opad

Real-world Examples

Harry and Seamus swished and flicked, but the feather they were supposed to be sending skywards just lay on the desktop.

Harry og Seamus svingede og tryllede, men fjeret, de skulle sende op i luften, lå bare på skrivebordet.

Source: All-Star Read "Harry Potter" Collection

One Japanese species rockets skywards at a rate of a metre a day.

En japansk art skyder opad med en hastighed på en meter om dagen.

Source: 200 dictations for Level 4 Listening.

But his tendency to make great leaps from slight data meant his ideas often lacked solid foundations—much like his geodesic domes, novel structures that soared skywards without apparent support and occasionally came crashing down.

Men hans tendens til at tage store spring ud fra sparsomme data betød, at hans ideer ofte manglede et solidt fundament - ligesom hans geodæsiske kupler, nyartige konstruktioner, der skød opad uden tilsyneladende støtte og af og til styrtede sammen.

Source: The Economist Culture

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