shorewards

Example Sentences

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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 Stables, Gordon

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.

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

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

This time the relief was late and the M.L. steamed angrily up and down, with all eyes strained shorewards.

From Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships by Domville-Fife, Charles W. (Charles William)

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