seaward
Example Sentences
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Recognizing that geography still matters, they extended their defensive periphery seaward, initially to the first island chain, from Japan to the South China Sea, and then to the second chain and beyond.
The wind and waves pushed us steadily seaward.
From Literature
The sunken submarine was discovered lying one hundred yards away and on the seaward side of the Housatonic.
From Literature
As much as the major wildfires were spreading seaward — as is typical during Santa Anas — the blazes were growing laterally, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
A dry wind was already stirring when the sun rose over Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, fitful gusts whipping palm fronds seaward and making eucalyptus limbs creek and groan.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
