shorewards
Example Sentences
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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 C. Boden Kloss
On the poop still stood Captain Dabney, his rifle trained shorewards.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
The Moors left the yacht; the felucca sailed 96 away; not shorewards, as Tom had expected, but out to sea.
From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Herbert Strang
Where the fiery hill is shedding its light, And the breakers are shorewards sweeping, On thee thou defiant end of the world!
From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
When she stood close to the waves all these little whirligigs came dancing shorewards, until they stopped only a few feet away and gazed at her curiously.
From The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall by Enys Tregarthen
