The wind was carrying them in a northeasterly direction, toward China.

A day later they found a high road that angled in a northeasterly direction.

Upon leaving the station, the train continues in a more northeasterly direction rather than due east.

He pointed in a northeasterly direction, out over the sea.

The river was taking her back east in a general northeasterly direction.

It can either be stationary or move in a northeasterly direction.

Instead of standing their ground, they had begun to withdraw in a northeasterly direction.

The river runs through a series of deep curves in an overall northeasterly direction.

"They were going in a generally northeasterly direction the last time I looked."

He made a slight gesture with his hand in a northeasterly direction.