shorewards
Example Sentences
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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 Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
All hands were on deck as the Icebear was turned shorewards and headed straight for the rocks.
From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Gordon Stables
Charley Bo Yip's head popped out of the galley door; and the guards all stared shorewards.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
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 Susan Warner
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 Ridgwell Cullum
