shorewards

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Where the fiery hill is shedding its light, And the breakers are shorewards sweeping, On thee thou defiant end of the world!

From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

The French ensign was flying at her peak, and a boat had left her side which was being rapidly pulled shorewards.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.

The next moment its crew had cast off, and its head had been swung round shorewards in response to the race of its powerful motor.

From The Men Who Wrought by Cullum, Ridgwell

The surf breaking shorewards was tremendously high; and meeting and struggling with it came a rush of the current from within.

From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Warner, Susan

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 Strang, Herbert