sea-drift
Example Sentences
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Every man, woman, and child in that chapel amid gray miles of rock and sea-drift, has heard over and over of the unrepentant deathbed of Mauryeen Holion.
From An Isle in the Water by Katharine Tynan
He was very fond of spending what leisure time he had in strolling along the rocky coast searching for sea-drift and minerals, or reading some favourite book.
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by J. Hamilton Fyfe
They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea-drift, to ask for water.
From The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin
When this happens, birds alight there; sea-drift is carried thither; seeds are blown to it by the wind; and gradually a few green blades arise.
From The Ocean and its Wonders by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The young people scrambled and slipped over the sea-weed at the mouth of the cave, and presently found themselves standing on a floor of light-coloured sand, strewn with shells and sea-drift.
From The Adventure League by Hilda T. Skae
