shorewards

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On gazing shorewards, and round the Harbor, as far as we could see, was a dense host of warriors, but all were standing still, and apparently absolute silence prevailed.

From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by Paton, James

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

Mattawa Tom leapt shorewards from moving log to log, but for a few moments Thurston, who scarcely noticed his absence, chopped on alone.

From Thurston of Orchard Valley by Dunton, W. Herbert

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 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.