sea-drift
Example Sentences
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You will say gulls and dog-fish, etc., would eat up the carcase, and so they would 999 times out of a thousand, but one might escape: I have seen dead land-birds in sea-drift.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
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 Tynan, Katharine
She turned toward the south and walked along the edge of the sea-drift.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Willoughby, Barrett
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 Skae, Hilda T.
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 Fyfe, J. Hamilton
