shorewards

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Clinging to Fangati, Tommy called aloud for help; then, glancing shorewards, recognized that there was little chance of her voice being heard through the belt of woodland that separated her from the camp.

From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Strang, Mrs. Herbert

Harry cast his eyes shorewards, the breakers were thundering on the beach, but no one was visible except a solitary armed Arab.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon

The next had a hissing crest, part of which splashed on board, and they went shorewards like a toboggan down an icy slide on the shoulders of the third.

From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cuneo, Cyrus

The Moors left the yacht; the felucca sailed 96 away; not shorewards, as Tom had expected, but out to sea.

From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert

Our submarines used to patrol regularly along Piccadilly Circus to look out for and attack enemy ships, and at intervals went shorewards through the minefield in order to reconnoitre.

From The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War by Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)