shorewards
Example Sentences
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On the poop still stood Captain Dabney, his rifle trained shorewards.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman
We rowed shorewards, under a canopy of smoke and flame; the water was broken by ten thousand oars; and, never, master, have you heard such cheering; it drowned the roar of the very cannon.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
Rapidly we drifted shorewards, where, in the inky blackness, a line of phosphorescent light denoted the breaking of the boiling water upon an ironbound coast.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
A heavy swell was running from the south-west, and rank on rank of breakers—10 feet or so in height—were rolling shorewards, throwing up clouds of smoke-like foam.
From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden
As the boats float shorewards, peaceful sights and sounds are all about, borne upon the flowing water.
From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss
