Adjective : heavenward prayer. From Dictionary.com.
When the sun shone he would often sit with his hands held heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
And as I went along for the always welcoming cup of tea at Neva Cottage, the cat-call of a soaring buzzard turned my head heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Staffordshire Moorlands] Reference
Yvie was in her usual position just below me, her sweet face tilted heavenwards, almost as if she was trying to keep the tears in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman I Was Born to Be] Reference
Period shmeriod, you might be thinking to yourself, eyes rolling heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Kim: Talking About Menstruation] Reference
It is grounded in science while reaching heavenwards to our better selves, which is the best that any self-help book can aim to do. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Alex Benzer: How to Slay Stress with the Love Response] Reference
Presently he turned the right-hand pin, whereupon the horse flew heavenwards with increased speed. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
So he raised his eyes heavenwards and said, Glory to Thee, O Lord, O Creator and Provider, who providest whomso Thou wilt without count or stint!. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Things are looking heavenwards then for the Tories. From Wordnik.com. [The Tory Party at Prayer (Still, very still)] Reference
The devout Kaka reportedly points heavenwards every time he scores a goal. From Wordnik.com. [1) Victoria Beckhamwife of England's...] Reference
He nodded towards the bell tower and to an ordered pile of pale-gleaming fragments rising from which I could make out a single white hand pointing forlornly heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
Kris raised his eyes heavenwards and passed tissues. From Wordnik.com. [Second Wind]
In response Rachel rolled her eyes heavenwards and sighed. From Wordnik.com. [Desire for Revenge]
Tracchia, at a momentary and most uncharacteristic loss for words, gazed heavenwards in silent appeal. From Wordnik.com. [The Way to Dusty Death]
Not a whit abashed, she bit the finger, pushed it away, and folding her hands in her lap, cast her eyes meekly heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century] Reference
Their rapid flight heavenwards and keen sight originated the superstition. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
A godly steam, and fit for godly nostrils, rises heavenwards, and drifts to each quarter of the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01] Reference
Go free, and use the great gift you have received from heaven to raise men's hearts heavenwards, as you have raised mine to-day. '. From Wordnik.com. [Stradella] Reference
It is a hollow enclosed by granite cliffs, and with one tall cypress in the centre, pointing, as it were, heavenwards with funereal finger. From Wordnik.com. [Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom] Reference
Then I once more rebounded heavenwards, at the vision of the eager dreamy lad whose question had set going all this odd clockwork of association. From Wordnik.com. [The Quest of the Golden Girl] Reference
Vigorous and varied is the jollity that occupies the external galleries, filling now in expectation of the fireworks; indescribable the mingled tumult that roars heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
The members have an affection for the head, which makes them aspire heavenwards; and the head hath an influence upon the members. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 08.] Reference
Scariest of all were the engravings of actresses throwing tearful eyes heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Don't fret, said economists, most personal debt is secured against homes whose prices are heading heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
These mostly color images plumb the mysteries of the universe that must have awed the first humans to look heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. [The MetroWest Daily News Homepage RSS] Reference
At the heart of her songs is her own experience of lost love but her music explodes heavenwards into eternal space and time. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The vocal writing occasionally pushes baritone Peter Coleman-Wright heavenwards into mystic-sounding falsetto. From Wordnik.com. [Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk] Reference
He was glad she couldn’t see his eyes rolling heavenwards; he’d almost forgotten her paranoid streak. From Wordnik.com. [The Priest] Reference
The sculpture on the ceiling of the passageway even shows the apotheosis of Titus, riding heavenwards on the back of a great eagle. ". From Wordnik.com. [Crusader Gold]
“I don’t know where it’ll ever end,” says Oline, with her eyes turned heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of the Soil] Reference
"In order to live, thou shalt bend thyself towards earth; in order to think thou shalt raise thyself heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. [Balzac] Reference
10 Kuwait is most beautiful late at night during the last ten nights of Ramadan when the whole country is looking heavenwards. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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