shorewards

Example Sentences

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Somebody was baling furiously, two men tugged and thrust, Spanish fashion, at every oar, and they reeled away shorewards with the water lapping into her.

From The Dust of Conflict by Bindloss, Harold

He walked towards the tiller, turned on his heel, and glanced shorewards.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

We rowed shorewards, under a canopy of smoke and flame; the water was broken by ten thousand oars; and, never, master, have you heard such cheering; it drowned the roar of the very cannon.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

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 Stables, Gordon

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 Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)