shorewards

Example Sentences

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He walked towards the tiller, turned on his heel, and glanced shorewards.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Slowly the ungainly pontoon with its heavy burden began to move shorewards, when suddenly the bows of the canoes rose high in the air, throwing their occupants on their backs.

From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

As the boats float shorewards, peaceful sights and sounds are all about, borne upon the flowing water.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

The second stage was reached when, instead of trying to escape shorewards, where there were tufts of coarse grass upon a sandy bank, he turned and faced the thing.

From The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath by Blackwood, Algernon

Somebody was baling furiously, two men tugged and thrust, Spanish fashion, at every oar, and they reeled away shorewards with the water lapping into her.

From The Dust of Conflict by Bindloss, Harold