sea-drift
Example Sentences
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They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea-drift, to ask for water.
From The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate
Every man, woman, and child in that chapel amid gray miles of rock and sea-drift, has heard over and over of the unrepentant deathbed of Mauryeen Holion.
From An Isle in the Water by Tynan, Katharine
Shall it dash 'neath cliffs untrodden, Rocks where nought but sea-drift strays?
From In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses by Lawson, Henry
When this happens, birds alight there; sea-drift is carried thither; seeds are blown to it by the wind; and gradually a few green blades arise.
From The Ocean and its Wonders by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
He was very fond of spending what leisure time he had in strolling along the rocky coast searching for sea-drift and minerals, or reading some favourite book.
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
