shorewards
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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
Charley Bo Yip's head popped out of the galley door; and the guards all stared shorewards.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
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
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 E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight
This chasm commences about 15 miles from land and is shaped like a V, with the narrow end shorewards.
From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
