shorewards
Example Sentences
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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 Mrs. Herbert Strang
On the poop still stood Captain Dabney, his rifle trained shorewards.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
When she stood close to the waves all these little whirligigs came dancing shorewards, until they stopped only a few feet away and gazed at her curiously.
From The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall by Enys Tregarthen
Steadily Andy swam shorewards, keeping up a slow yet powerful side stroke.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
A heavy swell was running from the south-west, and rank on rank of breakers—10 feet or so in height—were rolling shorewards, throwing up clouds of smoke-like foam.
From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by C. Boden Kloss
