sea-drift
Example Sentences
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Shall it dash 'neath cliffs untrodden, Rocks where nought but sea-drift strays?
From In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses by Lawson, Henry
She turned toward the south and walked along the edge of the sea-drift.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Willoughby, Barrett
They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea-drift, to ask for water.
From The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate
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 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Poseidon, rider of the wild sea-drift, Tamed them, men say, and gave them for his gift To Peleus.—None the less, since I have stirred Hopes, I will baulk them not.
From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes
