Sentence examples for due west from inspiring English sources

"due west" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is most often used to describe a direction. For example: "We drove due west and found ourselves in unfamiliar territory."

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But our favourite direction out of Kampala is due west.

The Guardian - Travel

Newtok lies 480 miles due west of Anchorage.

The Guardian

Milan is to the north and slightly west of Cremona, not due west.

The New York Times

The real war is 25 miles due west, in the hills above Tetovo.

The New York Times

Head due west and the next river you cross is in South Florida.

The New Yorker

M Mary Lou Wham, Due West, S.C. Twin Boys, Edgar and King Lear.

The New Yorker

The pigeons are driven due west at least a hundred miles.

The New Yorker

The plane held on course, almost due west, for only 16 minutes.

The New York Times

His mother is the director of alumni and development at Erskine Seminary in Due West, S.C.

The New York Times

We steamed due west and suddenly Rockall loomed out of the evening sea mists.

The Guardian

It goes from Cape Mendocino for several hundred miles due west into the Pacific Ocean.

University of California, Berkeley

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