toward
/tɔɹd/ preposition A2- In the direction of. · She moved toward the door.
- In relation to (someone or something). · What are your feelings toward him?
- For the purpose of attaining (an aim). · I'm saving money toward retirement.
- Located close to; near (a time or place). · Our place is over toward the station.
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“I’ll go look after the stock.” Then he ran toward the sheds where the cows and horses were kept.
While she stood looking eagerly at the strange and beautiful sights, she noticed coming toward her a group of the queerest people she had ever seen.
Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed.
Toward evening, when Dorothy was tired with her long walk and began to wonder where she should pass the night, she came to a house rather larger than the rest.
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