shorewards
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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
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
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 Gordon Stables
On gazing shorewards, and round the Harbor, as far as we could see, was a dense host of warriors, but all were standing still, and apparently absolute silence prevailed.
From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by James Paton
Mattawa Tom leapt shorewards from moving log to log, but for a few moments Thurston, who scarcely noticed his absence, chopped on alone.
From Thurston of Orchard Valley by W. Herbert Dunton
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