shorewards
Example Sentences
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And they were off, clutching at the sides of the little boats, as with rueful faces they joggled shorewards over the choppy waves.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Mary Stuart Boyd
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 Herbert Strang
On the poop still stood Captain Dabney, his rifle trained shorewards.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
After my swim, I hurried back shorewards to secure my prize, when, much to my chagrin, I found my boy floating about, enjoying himself.
From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Gordon Stables
Slowly the ungainly pontoon with its heavy burden began to move shorewards, when suddenly the bows of the canoes rose high in the air, throwing their occupants on their backs.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
